1 volume chiefly illustrations (some color) 19 x 26 cm
Type:
Specimens
Manga (comic books)
Activity book
Place:
Japan
Date:
1933
Notes:
Title devised by cataloger DSI
A volume of 12 unnumbered black paper pages with yellow line illustrations. Six sheets of color punch-out figures are laid in, as issued
CHMRU copy 39088020665287 has the original side-stapled color-printed paper cover. At time of cataloging (October 2022), all pages and their punch-outs were intact
Summary:
An early example of Japanese manga, this item is an actiivty book for girls in which images of cartoon characters such as Betty Boop, Mickey Mouse, and Charlie Chaplin, as well as Japanese folk characters, are designed to be punched out with the help of a needle and applied to various scenes. The book also includes Kanji exercises
