Tale of Eight Dogs (Hakkenden) : [volume 1]
A Japanese woodblock-printed illustrated book, volume one of the Tale of Eight Dogs, drawn by Utagawa Kuniyoshi and published in Edo in 1853 by Chōjiya Heibei. The pages show full-page figure scenes set between columns of vertical Japanese text, with dense, fine-hatched line work.
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