A scene from an Edo-period popular literature concerning kohitsu appraisal (Introduction and translation by Glynne Walley
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A scene from an Edo-period popular literature concerning kohitsu appraisal (Introduction and translation by Glynne Walley
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A comical scene from the Beginnings of the Redbook: A Children’s Story (Warabebanashi akahon jishi 童蒙話赤本事始, with the last word sometimes glossed kotohajime), written by Kyokutei Bakin (曲亭馬琴, 1767-1848) and illustrated by Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞, 1786-1865), concerning authentication of kohitsugire.