Title page (title not original)

This sheet served as a frontispiece or title page for one of Gekko's serialized publications during the Meiji era, a period when woodblock print series were issued both as sequential individual sheets and as bound albums. The notation that the recorded title is not original indicates the wrapper or outer title sheet has been separated from the print, with a later cataloger supplying a descriptive title in its place. Title pages in Meiji print series typically displayed the artist's signature in its most formal presentation alongside the publisher's seal and series cartouche, often incorporating decorative borders or symbolic imagery that identified the series theme at a glance. As bibliographic documents, such sheets are important for establishing edition sequences, publisher relationships, and print-run dates. The absence of the original title makes full series identification dependent on visual and stylistic comparison with documented Gekko publications.