Fuku Wakashi: Takara no Iribune (New Year's Luck at Boiling Point: Arrival of the Treasure Ship)

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Fuku Wakashi: Takara no Iribune ["New Year's Luck at Boiling Point: Arrival of the Treasure Ship"]

Ikeda, Fusajirō [edited by]; [illustrator unidentified]

[Kyōto]: Ikeda Fusajirō, Meiji 17 [1884].

An illustrated compilation of zashiki-gei (party tricks) styled as a sugoroku (game sheet). The sheet may have been part of a party game in which participants rolled a dice or game piece and acted out the amusement it landed on. Dances, songs, performances of strength, magic tricks, and gymnastic feats are among the amusements pictured. 

One leaf, woodblock-printed on one side. Small wormholes to extremities. General creases, soiling, waves, and wear. Mounted on inscribed (used) paper. 33.5 x 50 cm.

Fuku Wakashi: Takara no Iribune (New Year's Luck at Boiling Point: Arrival of the Treasure Ship)
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