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Crepe-paper books, or chirimen-bon, are nineteenth- and twentieth-century creations by the\u00a0Japanese publisher Hasegawa Takejir\u014d. Explore these works with us!<\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/overview\/” button_text=”Overview” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”613a13c2-ac30-49b0-9420-c0d9cb094b32″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1759\/2024\/07\/17_Schippeitaro_0Front_Cropped.jpg” title_text=”17_Schippeitaro_0Front_Cropped” _builder_version=”4.26.0″ _module_preset=”default” z_index=”11″ custom_padding=”10%|10%|0px|10%|false|true” border_width_all=”16px” border_color_all=”#FFFFFF” box_shadow_style=”preset3″ box_shadow_horizontal=”10px” box_shadow_vertical=”40px” box_shadow_blur=”40px” box_shadow_spread=”10px” box_shadow_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0.11)” global_colors_info=”{}” box_shadow_color__hover=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” box_shadow_color__hover_enabled=”on|hover” transform_styles__hover_enabled=”on|hover” transform_scale__hover=”99%|99%” transform_scale__hover_enabled=”on|hover” transform_translate__hover_enabled=”on|hover” transform_rotate__hover_enabled=”on|hover” transform_skew__hover_enabled=”on|hover” transform_origin__hover_enabled=”on|hover”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Subscribe” _builder_version=”4.25.2″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”gcid-8ad803f4-51cc-4920-8e20-ff572b992ddc” custom_padding=”20px||20px||true|false” collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-8ad803f4-51cc-4920-8e20-ff572b992ddc%22:%91%22background_color%22%93}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=”\u201cBooks for children, above all others, are short-lived and disappear more successfully than other kinds of literature. When they have served their turn, and the little hands have turned and thumbed them well-nigh to pieces, few people think of saving the tattered scraps for antiquarian scrutiny.\u201d ” _builder_version=”4.26.0″ _module_preset=”342be8ee-3873-4e9c-87be-a05f56543580″ title_font=”–et_global_heading_font|500|||||||” title_font_size=”29px” title_line_height=”1em” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][et_pb_heading title=”-Charles Welsh (1886), p. 21″ _builder_version=”4.26.0″ _module_preset=”df7eb1c0-1d6a-4e27-a2f6-d8506a23e77d” title_font=”Inter|500|||||||” title_text_align=”right” title_text_color=”#000000″ custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”My Books” _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”gcid-545c17f1-4e53-478d-9e2b-03daafc524a2″ custom_padding=”0px|||||” locked=”off” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-545c17f1-4e53-478d-9e2b-03daafc524a2%22:%91%22background_color%22%93}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.7″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px|auto||auto||” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=”Recent Annotations” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”0936c21f-cc71-4b7d-9ccf-859a2e06d795″ title_font=”–et_global_heading_font||||||||” title_text_align=”center” min_height=”52.4px” custom_margin=”||-30px||false|false” custom_padding=”33px|||||” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.7″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”–et_global_heading_font||||||||” text_font_size=”24px” header_font=”–et_global_heading_font||||||||” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

Here are three stories from our collection that our team has recently annotated. Visit the Annotations<\/a> page to see more!<\/p>\n

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Story about the slaying of a monstrous serpent by a mythical deity. Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain, annotated by Sam Gering ’27.<\/p>\n

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Story about Watanabe no Tsuna and his encounter with an\u00a0<\/span>oni<\/i>\u00a0(ogre) by Mrs. T. H. (Kate) James. Annotated by Tiana Pay \u201929.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Story about a talented tanuki who transforms into an enchanted tea kettle by Mrs. T. H. (Kate) James. Annotated by Christina M. Spiker.<\/p>\n

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Hasegawa Social Network<\/h5>\n

Here you can discover the elaborate social network cultivated by Hasegawa Takejir\u014d, the main publisher of crepe-paper books created during the Meiji period (1868-1912) of Japan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mapping Hasegawa’s Tokyo<\/h5>\n

Here you can discover the various businesses and addresses where Hasegawa Takejir\u014d and his network operated in Tokyo, Japan.<\/p>\n

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[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Testimonials” _builder_version=”4.25.2″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”gcid-880c38f1-a6fc-40a7-920b-f6027d5f269c” locked=”off” collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-880c38f1-a6fc-40a7-920b-f6027d5f269c%22:%91%22background_color%22%93}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”40px|40px|40px|40px|true|true” custom_padding_tablet=”30px|30px|30px|30px|true|true” custom_padding_phone=”20px|20px|20px|20px|true|true” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” border_width_all=”2px” border_color_all=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=”\u201cI myself take fairy tales very seriously, though not, I hope, ponderously. It is true that they are \u2018of the stuff that dreams are made on,\u2019 and what would life be worth withouts its dreams?\u201d” _builder_version=”4.26.0″ _module_preset=”977fe723-19c1-42d2-83a8-460064a91f2e” title_font=”–et_global_heading_font|600|||||||” title_text_align=”center” title_text_color=”#FFFFFF” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][et_pb_heading title=”-Grace James %91Daughter of Kate James%93 (1932), p. 29″ _builder_version=”4.26.1″ _module_preset=”df7eb1c0-1d6a-4e27-a2f6-d8506a23e77d” title_text_align=”center” title_text_color=”#FFFFFF” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”40px|40px|40px|40px|true|true” custom_padding_tablet=”30px|30px|30px|30px|true|true” custom_padding_phone=”20px|20px|20px|20px|true|true” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” border_width_all=”2px” border_color_all=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=”\u201cDear Chamberlain,–What do you think about the idea of getting up a new \u201cJapanese Fairy Tale Series\u201d? I have quite a number of tales splendidly adapted to weird illustrations. Is there money in such a thing?\u201d” _builder_version=”4.25.2″ _module_preset=”977fe723-19c1-42d2-83a8-460064a91f2e” title_font=”–et_global_heading_font|600|||||||” title_text_align=”center” title_text_color=”#FFFFFF” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][et_pb_heading title=”-Lafcadio Hearn (1910), p. 311″ _builder_version=”4.26.0″ _module_preset=”df7eb1c0-1d6a-4e27-a2f6-d8506a23e77d” title_text_align=”center” title_text_color=”#FFFFFF” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.25.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||22px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ _builder_version=”4.25.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.25.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1759\/2026\/07\/StOlaf2026.jpg” title_text=”StOlaf2026″ url=”https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/” url_new_window=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1759\/2024\/06\/Vertical-Logo-on-White.jpg.jpg” title_text=”Vertical-Logo-on-White.jpg” url=”https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/” url_new_window=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-30px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.25.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=”The Project” _builder_version=”4.25.2″ _module_preset=”default” title_font=”||||||||” title_font_size=”48px” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”1.8em” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

This project is funded by the\u00a0<\/span>St. Olaf Collaborative Undergraduate Research and Inquiry (CURI) program<\/strong>. CURI provides opportunities for St. Olaf students from all academic disciplines to gain an in-depth understanding of a particular subject through working closely with a St. Olaf faculty member in a research framework.<\/p>\n

We are grateful for the guidance of Lead Archivist Kristell Benson<\/strong> in Summer 2026 and Distinctive Collections Engagement Librarian Jillian Sparks<\/b> in Summer 2024.<\/span> We have received generous technical assistance from Anda Tanaka<\/a><\/strong>, Don Ezra Plemons<\/a><\/strong>, Ben Gottfried<\/strong><\/a>, Sara Lynnore<\/strong><\/a>, and Anders Nienstaedt<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

We also thank the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar<\/a><\/strong> (CABS) for providing our students with intensive, hands-on instruction regarding the antiquarian book trade in the Summer of 2024 and 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Rolvaag Memorial Library Special Collections offers students and scholars access to printed materials from the 15th century to the present. The crepe-paper books you see here can be accessed in-person<\/a> through our library.<\/p>\n

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Crepe-paper books, or chirimen-bon, are nineteenth- and twentieth-century creations by the\u00a0Japanese publisher Hasegawa Takejir\u014d. Explore these works with us!Here are three stories from our collection that our team has recently annotated. Visit the Annotations page to see more!Story about the slaying of a monstrous serpent by a mythical deity. Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain, annotated […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1531,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-48","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1531"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48"}],"version-history":[{"count":86,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2431,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48\/revisions\/2431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}