Stories of a Fortunate Rat (Komochi nezumi hana no yamauba 持子鼠花山姥) : [volume 2]
Stories of a Fortunate Rat, volume 2, is an illustrated Japanese storybook written and illustrated by Akatsuki Kanenari and published in Osaka in 1827 by Kawachiya Heishichi for a general readership. Its woodblock pages pair columns of text with scenes of mountain hermits, rats in human dress, and a seated figure before a laden offering table, showing flat colour, layered pinks and greens, and dense calligraphic panels a designer could adapt for narrative layouts.
![Picture 1 of 3 from Stories of a Fortunate Rat (Komochi nezumi hana no yamauba 持子鼠花山姥) : [volume 2] (1827), leaf 4](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_9512-4-1.webp)
![Picture 2 of 3 from Stories of a Fortunate Rat (Komochi nezumi hana no yamauba 持子鼠花山姥) : [volume 2] (1827), leaf 10](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_9512-10-1.webp)
![Picture 3 of 3 from Stories of a Fortunate Rat (Komochi nezumi hana no yamauba 持子鼠花山姥) : [volume 2] (1827), leaf 15](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_9512-15-1.webp)