Okumura Kinjirō (奧村金次郎)
Okumura Kinjirō (奧村金次郎; fl. c. 1886 - 1896), also sometimes written as 奧村金治郎, was a Japanese publisher and master printer based in Kyoto during the Meiji and early Taishō eras. He owned the publishing house Aigaidō (藍外堂). He also used the pennames Totsuto Koji (咄々居士) and Honrai Dōjin (奔雷道人). Born in Nagoya, into a family working in the dyeing business, he moved to Tokyo and pursued a very different path towards publishing. His publications were emblematic of the era, focusing on practical skills such as literacy as well as touching on topics related to foreign customs, technology, and military affairs. One of his earliest publications was a small 1886 booklet describing Western magic tricks (西洋手品種, digitized by the National Diet Library). From 1889 (大日本帝國地圖), he occasionally published maps. He also sometimes published ukiyo-e woodblock prints by Gotō Yoshikage (後藤芳景). Okumura also wrote a range of works under his pennames, from new style poetry to political commentaries and humorous novels. His son, Okumura Togyū (奥村土牛, 1889 - 1990), born Okumura Yoshizō (奥村義三, his penname having been given to him by his father, who took it from the Tang Dynasty poet Hanshan) became a well-known watercolor painter of the Nihonga style.
AKA: 奧村金次郎
The Japanese Occupation of Taiwan.
訂正增補臺灣地圖 第二版 / [Revised and Supplemented Map of Taiwan, Second Edition].
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This is a rare 1895 Okumura Kinjirō map of Taiwan, prepared as Japanese forces were preparing to occupy the island. Published just after the signing of the Treaty of Shimonoseki, the map met an insatiable demand in Japan for information about the empire's latest acquisition. (more details)