File:"A Country Genji by a Fake Murasaki" - Nise Murasaki inaka Genji.ehon.series.volume..cover.testscan.04.jpg

Description"A Country Genji by a Fake Murasaki" - Nise Murasaki inaka Genji.ehon.series.volume..cover.testscan.04.jpg	Nise Murasaki inaka Genj - A Country Genji by a Fake Murasaki A gōkan e-hon series, derived/parody/reworking of Genji Monogatari - The Tale of Genji. Published in 38(?) chapters, the series ran from 1829 to 1842. author: Ryūtei Tanehiko（柳亭種彦), 1783-1842 e-hon illustrations by: Utagawa Kunisada
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Author	drawing: Utagawa Kunisada  (1786–1865)   Alternative names Utagawa Toyokuni III (三代目歌川豊国), Birth name: Sumida Shōgorō IX (角田 庄五郎) Description Japanese ukiyo-e artist Date of birth/death 1786  12 January 1865  Location of birth/death Edo, today Tokyo Edo, today Tokyo Work period between circa 1807 and circa 1865 date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1807-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1865-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 Work location Edo, today Tokyo Authority control : Q467427 VIAF: 119785921 ISNI: 0000 0001 2033 2123 ULAN: 500121373 LCCN: n82000979 NLA: 36048504 WorldCat creator QS:P170,Q467427 writing: Ryūtei Tanehiko  (1783–1842)    Alternative names Ryutei Tanehiko; Ryuutei Tanehiko Description Japanese author Date of birth/death 11 June 1783  24 August 1842  Location of birth Honjo Authority control : Q541039 VIAF: 49390873 ISNI: 0000 0000 8380 9980 LCCN: n81089963 NLA: 35761745 Open Library: OL276748A WorldCat creator QS:P170,Q541039 scan:User:Lx_121
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Help needed with identification/verification of the work title, publisher, author, illustrator, date, edition, etc. translations (english, etc.) also very much appreciated!

Image could benefit from restoration work.

Notes:

Cover illustration for one volume from a set of 10, bound together, covering approximately 5 sequential chapters of the series, including chapter 34 (2 volumes per chapter; note that this number of volumes-per-chapter was not constant for the entire run of the series!).

Uncertain when exactly this edition was printed and whether this printing is from the original blocks; however the artwork is clearly Kunisada I, & this copy was almost certainly published 19th century, late Edo-early Meiji.