絵本鼠小僧実記
An 1896 Japanese ehon picture book titled Eihon Nezumi Kozō Jikki, compiled and published by Nakamura Yoshimatsu, presenting a fictionalised account of the Edo-period thief Nezumi Kozō for a popular readership. The single framed woodblock-style print shows a man in a dark kimono with loose trousers and wooden clogs, holding a large round paper parasol against a pale background of rain-streaked or shaded buildings. A designer could take from it the strong silhouette of the parasol, the dark-on-light figure, and the bordered panel layout typical of Meiji-era popular print.
