Type : Woodblock print book
Topic : The word Tsukurimono means to create new item by combining various daily commodities. There are also some word-plays such as Share(Japanese traditional jokes or witticism) in this book, and it had become a long-seller to go through several editions even in the Meiji era.
Title : Tukurimono shuko no tane Vol.1-2 (collection in one volume)
Author : Kirotei Rikimaru
Artist : Matsukawa Hanzan
Publisher : Kawachiya Tasuke
The estimated Period : Late Edo period (1837)
Material : Paper
Book Dimensions : 223mm x 152mm(8.8in x 6in)
Weight : Total 83gram (2.9oz)
Page : Total number of pages is about 40. (about 90% illustration pages + about 10% text pages)
Condition : Not good condition (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 1837(estimated).