Shippeitaro or Shippei Taro (German spelling: Schippeitaro; Japanese: しっぺい太郎 or 竹篦太郎 is the name of a helper dog in the Japanese fairy tale by the same name.
"Schippeitaro is a strong and beautiful dog". —from Mrs. T. H. James's Schippeitaro (1888), illustrated by Suzuki Sōsaburō [recté Suzuki Sōtarō] aka Suzuki Kason [ja].
Shippeitaro attacks huge black tom cat. The "door of the cage", or rather "lid of a chest [ja]" is laid open.―Mrs. James tr. (1888). The chirimenbon print Schippeitaro (1888 version). Suzuki Kason (illustr.)
Schippeitaro out of a barrel (cask), attacking huge black tom cat. Young samurai appears quite "foreign-ish".―Lang, Andrew (1906) Schippeitaro"
Hayatarō's grave at Kōzen-ji
Hasegawa Takejirō was an innovative Japanese publisher specializing in books in European languages on Japanese subjects. Hasegawa employed leading foreign residents as translators and noted Japanese artists as illustrators, and became a leading purveyor of export books and publications for foreign residents in Japan.
Cover of Momotaro (second edition, 1886)
Japanese Topsyturvydom by Mrs. E.S. Patton (1896)