絵本鼠小僧実記
A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) from 1887, compiled by Kuwabara Tokukatsu and published by Yukisha, illustrating the life of the folk outlaw Nezumi Kozō for a general reading public. The pictures are black-and-white woodblock-style prints with boxed captions in the upper corners. A designer might take their bold, simple line work, dense dotted patterns for texture and motion, and the strong contrast of dark night scenes against plain white areas.
