5119 - 5225: Ryûtei, Senka (1804-1868).

80 5206 Ryûtei Senka 1804 1868

80/5206 Ryûtei, Senka (1804-1868). Setsubai houtan inu no soushi. Vol. 32. Ehon, Tokyo, Kôeidô, 1853, 2 parts in 1 vol. w. continuous pagination, 20lvs., w. nanushi censor seals of Murata Heiemon and Kunigasa Fusajiro, w. date seal, woodcut ills. by KUNIYOSHI, 2 col. woodcut frontcovers forming a diptych by TOYOKUNI I, orig. wrs.

- One vol. of 56(?); (sl.) wormholed. Two parts bound together.

= Setsubai houtan inu no soushi is a shorter version of Kyokutei Bakin's original 106 volume novel Nanso Satomi Hakkenden, commonly translated as the Eight Dog Chronicles or the Tale of Eight Dogs. The Eight Dog Chronicles is considered to be the longest novel in Japanese literary history.

ADDED: 1 unrelated Japanese vol. containing col. woodcut ills. (1960).

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