First edition. Colour woodblock printed crepe throughout. Measuring 150 by 95mm. Original printed crepe paper wrappers, slight wear to spine, a near fine copy. Unpaginated [colophon], [25]pp. Tokyo, T. Hasegawa, Meiji 19 [i.e, 1886.
The first edition of Hasegawa’s distinctive crepe paper book of Urashima-taro. The story follows a fisher-boy called Urashima who catches a turtle but decides to save it, only to find that it was in fact the Dragon Princess, daughter of the Sea God.
