The Murderous Girl Ohana

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Musume no Hitokoroshi ["The Murderous Girl"]

[Author/s unidentified].

Morioka, Iwate: Sō Suekichi, Meiji 25 [1892].

A counting song in twenty verses about Ohana-san, a murderous girl who prowled the Hibara Pass in Yonezawa. An example of a kazoe-uta from the mid Meiji period, probably kappazuri (stencil) printed.

One volume, presumed complete, on double leaves, fukurotoji style. Original wrappers bound in non-original outer wrappers. Binding string cut. Thumbed, a few creases. [4] leaves, including original wrappers. 17 x 12.3 cm

The Murderous Girl Ohana
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