『椿説弓張月』

ちんせつゆみはりづき。
『南総里見八犬伝』で知られる曲亭馬琴作の読本（よみほん）。
葛飾北斎が挿絵を担当し、当時の江戸の読者に絶大な人気を博した。

北斎の娘“お栄（応為）”は手先が器用で、木彫り人形に服を着せた“芥子人形（または豆人形）”を作ってはよく売っていたという。
若き頃のお栄が読本に夢中になり、椿説弓張月のヒーロー源為朝や、はたまた北斎の門人・葛飾北嵩挿絵の絵本『金花夕映』の竜宮仙女を気に入り、芥子人形のモデルとしたことがあったかもしれない。

A Wonder Tale: The Moonbow.

Chinsetsu Yumiharizuki.
A yomi-hon written by Kyokutei Bakin, known for the epic novel "Nansou Satomi Hakkenden." Katsushika Hokusai worked on the illustrations, and it was extremely popular among readers in Edo.

Hokusai's daughter Oei (Oui) was dexterous with her hands, and she often made and sold clothing for small wooden dolls called keshi-ningyou (or mame-ningyou). Young Oei immersed herself in these yomi-hon, and she may have created keshi-ningyou modeled after Minamoto-no-Tametomo, the hero of the Chinsetsu Yumiharizuki, or even the fairy of the dragon palace from the yomi-hon titled "Kinkasekiei," which were illustrated by Hokusai's disciple, Katsushika Hokusuu.