Basil Hall Chamberlain
(England, Japan 1850–1935)
HASEGAWA Takejiro
(Japan)
Kobunsha
(Japan)
Ticknor & Co
(United States of America)
- Title
- No. 1: The hunter in fairy-land, Set of three books: Aino fairy tales
- Place of origin
-
Japan
- Year
- 1887
- Media categories
- Book, Print, Book
- Materials used
- woodblock illustrated book
- Dimensions
-
18.8 x 13.0cm each
- Credit
- Gift of Lesley Kehoe Galleries 2010
- Accession number
- 120.2010.1.a-p
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Basil Hall Chamberlain (1850-1935) studied and lived with the Aino (Ainu) people of Northern Hokkaido in the mid-1880s. This set of 3 tales, published by Kobunsha, Tokyo and distributed by Ticknor & Co. Boston was reprised in Chamberlain’s book ‘Aino Folk tales’, published a year later in 1888.
