"SETSUBAI HOUDAN INU-NO SOUSHI" Fukuro UTAGAWA Toyokuni(Kunisada) III, Year KAEI 1 - Keio 2 (1848-1866), Wood print, Color
The picture of this card is from Waseda university library collections.
This picture is called "SETSUBAI HOUDAN INU-NO SOUSHI" Fukuro, which is illustrated for a book of
Kusazoushi, "Nanso SATOMI Hakken-den (by KYOKUTEI Bakin)". Kusazoushi is illustrated popular fictions published in Edo era from the mid-17c to the late 19c,
and it was written in Kana for learner or unskilled readers.
The Soushi(Kusazoushi) is written by RYUTEI Senka, and this work was read widely among the common people of Edo.
