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The smallest feline is a masterpiece (Leonardo da Vinci)
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Cat & Art 43
Since old times, cats had been kept at home in Japan to get rid of rats that gave damage to crops. And in about 18th century, cats had come on the scene as “Maneki Neko,” a cat doll that brings good luck. In today’s Japan, Maneki Neko is frequently found sitting near the entrance of shops. Shop owners put it there wishing for prosperity in business
Floating Cat, 2011 (Washi Paper and wire) at Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens
Hayami Gyoshu (1894-1935) Hishida Shunso (Japanese 1874-1911) Black cat Insho Domoto (1891-1975) Cat 1922
Kawanabe Gyosai (ou Kosai) (1831-1889) Kawanabe Gyosai (ou Kosai) (1831-1889) Metropolitan Museum NY
Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753 –1806) A Woman and a Cat (Metropolitan Museum NY)
Ôide Tôkô (Japanese, 1841–1905) Cat Watching a Spider (Metropolitan Museum NY)
Unknown artist of the Edo period (1615-1868) Sleeping Cat and Butterflies (Museum of Fine arts, Boston) Kobayashi Kokei Cat, 1946
Matazō Kayama (1927-2004) Detail Matazō Kayama (1927-2004)
Kiyoshi Saito (1907-1997) Early Cat Matazō Kayama (1927-2004)
Myojakdo - Cats and Sparrows 1850 Sang-Byok Pyon (National Museum of Korea) Terashima Shimei (1892-1975)
Muramasa Kudo (Japan 1948) Cat and Wasp Muramasa Kudo (Japan 1948) Blue bird
Muramasa Kudo (Japan 1948) Bengal cat Muramasa Kudo (Japan 1948)
Endre Penovác, Serbia Muramasa Kudo (Japan 1948) Black cat
Takeuchi Seihō (Japanese, 1864-1942) Tabby Cat (1924) Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
Takehisa Yumeji (1884-1934) 'Kurofuneya' (1919 Takehisa Yumeji Ikaho Memorial Museum
Hiroaki Takahashi Hiroaki Takahashi (also known as Takahashi Shotei, 1870-1945) Nude with kitten
Takahashi Yuichi, Kasama Cats Nichido Museum of Art, Kasama, Ibaraki, Japan Mizuno Toshikata (1866-1908) Merchant's Daughter Japanese Postcard
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) Teasing the Cat, woodblock print, 1888
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) Courtesan Usugumo and her cat Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) Courtesan
Utagawa Kunisada Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865) Beauty and cat
Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Woman Playing with a Cat, 1852 Utagawa Kuniyoshi, (1797-1861)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi, (1797-1861) The Story of Nippondaemon and the Cat (Nippondaemon neko no koji)
Rhyton terminating in the forepart of a wild cat - Parthian (Iran) ca. 1st century B.C. Metropolitan
Tomoo Inagaki (1902-1980) Cat Calling Kittens Tomoo Inagaki (Japanese, 1902-1980) Cat Faces