Type : Woodblock print book (Small-sized book)

Topic : Novelists including Egao Mizugaki/Ryukatei Tanekazu wrote this book from 1839 to 1868. It is a full-length work consisting with 43 volumes of 172 books, not to be completed yet. The main character, Jiraiya(Jiraiya is a ninja), acquires the special power and fights battles against villains and nemeses. This book had been a subject matter of Kabuki(Japanese classical drama) in the Edo period and today the one for movies and so on.

Title : Jiraiya goketsu monogatari Volume 5

Author : Ryukatei Tanekazu

Artist : Utagawa Kunisada

Publisher : Izumiya Ichibe

The estimated Period : Late Edo period (1839-1867)

Material : Paper

Book Dimensions : 176mm x 115mm, thickness 6mm (6.9in x 4.5in, thickness 0.2in)

Weight : Total 27gram (1oz)

Page : Total number of pages is about 44. (about 80% illustration pages + about 20% text pages)

Condition : Antique item; (damaged by tear, spot, dirt, scribbles, worm-eaten holes, etc...) Please view pictures as they are a part of the description.

The work is not a modern reproduction, but an actual one which had been printed in 1839-1867(estimated).

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