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Hi there, I would like to learn more about this block print on rice paper. It measures 17.5 x 11.5 cm. Would like information about its age, maker, text, etc.

This is a page from from a "Kusazōshi" (Woodblock printed illustrated literature)
From the middle of the Edo period to the middle of Meiji era, a kind of illustrated poular novel published in Edo was called "Kusazoshi"　(草双紙).
It takes the form of double-leaved centerfold printing, and each page has a picture in which the illustrations and the texts are written in the space.
The texts are illegibly obscure in the picture.

With regards,
I.Nagy

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