Description

Published in the middle of the Edo period (18th century), this is a booklet for children that consists mainly of drawings. It is called an akahon (red book) because of the color of its front cover. Hachikazuki hime (The bowl-bearer princess) is a story that was written in the Muromachi period (14th−16th centuries). The story runs as follows. A long, long time ago, a rich man lived in Kawachi Province (present-day Osaka Prefecture). His prayers to Hase Kannon (Buddhist god of mercy) were answered by the birth of a ...