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Print entitled "Kōfu Sake wo Tachite Issei no Kuwauju to Naru" [To Become a World-Famous Scholar After Renouncing Alcohol] illustrated by Kobayashi Toshikazu

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This is a woodblock-printed illustration entitled "Kōfu Sake wo Tachite Issei no Kuwauju to Naru" [To Become a World-Famous Scholar After Renouncing Alcohol], illustrated by Kobayashi Toshikazu, and corrected by Tominaga Toshichika. Tōkyō: Tsuji Keiji: Fukyū sha, Meiji 21 [1888]. "Later printing".

It is a supplement to the Nishiki-e Shūshindan ("Brocade Pictures for Moral Education") series of texts for primary school students. The books, produced by Fukyū sha, Yoshitoshi, and his students, collected moral stories from the West, China, and Japan. This particular illustration accompanies the fourteenth story in volume five, found on leaf twenty-five, which relates the tale of [Hugh] Miller, the Scottish geologist, who supposedly renounced alcohol and achieved academic acclaim as a result of his subsequent studies.

Dates

  • Publication: Meiji 21 [1888 C.E.]

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Language of Materials

Japanese

Conditions Governing Access

Open. Please contact the repository in avdance.

Full Extent

1 sheet ; 36 x 24.5 cm

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased in October 2025. Accession no. NCL-Acc-2025-005.

Physical Description

One ōban leaf, complete. Light discolouration to extremities, a few small marks, partial repair to small wormhole in the upper left. Part of the Nishikie Shūshindan series. 36 x 24.5 cm.

Processing Information

Catalogued by Aline Brodin in February 2026, using information provided by the seller.

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Title
Print entitled "Kōfu Sake wo Tachite Issei no Kuwauju to Naru" [To Become a World-Famous Scholar After Renouncing Alcohol] illustrated by Kobayashi Toshikazu, 1888
Author
Aline Brodin
Date
February 2026
Description rules
Isad(g)2
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

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