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| Front cover to a ca. 1911 crepe-paper reprint of the Hare of Inaba — Source. |
In a series of beautifully illustrated books, the majority printed on an unusual cloth-like crepe paper, the publisher Takejiro Hasegawa introduced Japanese folk tales to the West.
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| The boy is born from the peach — illustration from a circa 1889 2nd edition crepe-paper reprint of Momotaro, or, Little Peachling — Source. |
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