Recipe for oshizushi (pressed sushi), made of rice mixed with shiitake mushrooms, topped with egg, eel, kuruma shrimp, sea bream, then pressed in a box. From the Kunisada Mankō, an encyclopedia by Kitagawa Kunisada. Japan, Edo period, 1837 [1700×2040]
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[National Diet Library, supplemental volume 1, page 26](https://dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/2592417/1/26)
Honestly: all my favorite sushi components. This is amazing.
I thought they painted baseball seams on it lol