Content: Title sometimes rendered in English as A world of things or Flowers of a hundred generations.
Content: Each vol. contains 20 double-page color woodcuts, 31 x 45 cm., printed on one side of a double strip 31 x 1070 cm. (v. 1) or 31 x 1026 cm. (v. 2-3), folded accordion-style; printed in several colors and gold with embossing, in the artist's Rimpa revival style. First 2 leaves of each vol. are blank, flecked with gold leaf (v. 1) or silver leaf (v. 2-3).

Physical Description

Woodcuts
First and last leaves of each vol. attached to light gray paper boards embellished with a pattern of cresting waves block-printed in mica; buff paper label on front cover, printed in black and red.
Extent: [47] p : chiefly col. ill. ; 31 cm.

Languages

Japanese

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b19608488
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ac68db70-b960-013c-62f9-0242ac110004

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image
Text

Date Issued

1909

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MLA format

Spencer Collection, The New York Public Library. "Momoyogusa, Volume 1" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1909 - 1910. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ac68db70-b960-013c-62f9-0242ac110004

APA format

Spencer Collection, The New York Public Library. (1909 - 1910). Momoyogusa, Volume 1 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ac68db70-b960-013c-62f9-0242ac110004

Chicago/Turabian Format

Spencer Collection, The New York Public Library. "Momoyogusa, Volume 1" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ac68db70-b960-013c-62f9-0242ac110004

Wikipedia citation

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