{"product_id":"b193","title":"Edo–Meiji Period, Small Stories of the Floating World (Ukiyo-zōshi) – Antique Japanese Woodblock Book - B193","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"824\" data-end=\"1053\"\u003eThis rare antique Japanese book is a \u003cstrong data-start=\"861\" data-end=\"918\"\u003ewoodblock-printed collection of short narrative texts\u003c\/strong\u003e rooted in the \u003cstrong data-start=\"933\" data-end=\"967\"\u003eukiyo-zōshi literary tradition\u003c\/strong\u003e, a genre that flourished from the Edo period and influenced later popular literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1055\" data-end=\"1407\"\u003eBound in \u003cstrong data-start=\"1064\" data-end=\"1105\"\u003eoriginal patterned green washi covers\u003c\/strong\u003e with a \u003cstrong data-start=\"1113\" data-end=\"1138\"\u003evermillion title slip\u003c\/strong\u003e, the book contains multiple chapters printed in black ink from carved woodblocks. 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