Description

Hana no sodegasa (Floral sleeves as the woven hats) is a kurohon kusazoshi that was published in the second half of the 18th century. Kusazoshi is a type of small book printed by woodblock containing many illustrations. It was popular from the latter half of the 17th century to the end of the 19th century. The pictures sprawl across the pages and the text fills the remaining space. Kusazoshi were one of the pastimes of Edo people (Edo was renamed Tokyo in 1868), and they have been called a progenitor ...