Cat & Art43

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

His

hida

Shu

nso

(Jap

anes

e 18

74-1

911)

Bla

ck c

at

Hay

ami G

yosh

u (1

894-

1935

)

Insh

o D

omot

o (1

891-

1975

) Cat

192

2

Hishida Shunso (Japanese 1874-1911) Cat

Hishida Shunso (Japanese 1874-1911) Cat and Plum Blossoms

Hishida Shunso Cat and Plum Blossoms (detail)

Hishida Shunso (Japanese 1874-1911)

The Black Cat

Kawanabe Gyosai (ou

Kosai) (1831-1889)

Metropolitan Museum NY K

awan

abe

Gyo

sai (

ou K

osai

) (18

31-1

889)

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)

Japanese Painting of the CAT book



Kob

ayas

hi K

okei

Cat

, 194

6

Unk

now

n ar

tist o

f the

Edo

per

iod

(161

5-18

68)

Sle

epin

g C

at a

nd B

utte

rflie

s (M

useu

m o

f Fin

e ar

ts, B

osto

n)

Matazō Kayama (1927-2004)









Mat

azō

Kay

ama

(192

7-20

04) D

etai

l

Mat

azō

Kay

ama

(192

7-20

04)


Mat

azō

Kay

ama

(192

7-20

04)

Kiy

oshi

Sai

to (1

907-

1997

) Ear

ly C

at

Myo

jakd

o - C

ats

and

Spa

rrow

s 18

50 S

ang-

Byo

k P

yon

(Nat

iona

l Mus

eum

of K

orea

)

Terashima Shimei

(1892-1975)

Muramasa Kudo (Japan 1948)

Cat and Wasp

Muramasa Kudo (Japan 1948)

Blue bird

Mur

amas

a K

udo

(Jap

an 1

948)

Ben

gal c

at

Mur

amas

a K

udo

(Jap

an 1

948)

Muramasa Kudo (Japan 1948) Black cat

Endre Penovác, Serbia



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 (also known as Takahashi Shotei, 1870-1945)

Nude with kitten

Hiro

aki T

akah

ashi

Mizuno Toshikata (1866-1908)

Merchant's Daughter Japanese Postcard

Takahashi Yuichi, Kasama Cats Nichido Museum of Art, Kasama, Ibaraki, Japan

Ukiyo-e woodblock prints of the Edo

Period (1615-1868)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) Teasing the Cat, woodblock print, 1888

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)

Courtesan

Tsuk

ioka

Yos

hito

shi (

1839

-189

2) C

ourte

san

Usu

gum

o an

d he

r cat

Uta

gaw

a K

unis

ada

Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865)

Beauty and cat

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, (1797-1861)

Uta

gaw

a K

uniy

oshi

, Wom

an P

layi

ng w

ith a

Cat

, 185

2

Uta

gaw

a K

uniy

oshi

(179

7-18

61)

Uta

gaw

a K

uniy

oshi

(179

7-18

61)

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

Tom

oo In

agak

i (Ja

pane

se, 1

902-

1980

) Cat

Fac

es

Tom

oo In

agak

i (19

02-1

980)

Cat

Cal

ling

Kitt

ens

Tom

oo In

agak

i (Ja

pane

se, 1

902-

1980

) Com

posi

tion

of C

ats

Tomoo Inagaki (1902-1980)

Tomoo Inagaki (1902-1980) Cat Making Up

Tomoo Inagaki (1902-1980) Making Up


Cats By Fireplace

Tomoo Inagaki (1902-1980) Couple of cats

Tom

oo In

agak

i (19

02-1

980)

Cat

s in

blu

e

Tom

oo In

agak

i (19

02-1

980)

Cha

tting

cat

s

Tomoo Inagaki (1902-1980) Cats (untitled)


Walking cat

Cat in the Moonlight White cat Cat with Pendant

Cat in Sunset (Yûyake no neko), 1969 Tom

oo In

agak

i (19

02-1

980)

Tw

o ca

ts in

fron

t of s

un

Tomoo Inagaki, (Japanese, 1902-1980), Cat in bush

Tsug

uhar

u Fo

ujita

(Jap

anes

e, 1

886-

1968

) Sel

f-por

trait

with

Cat

, 192

8

Tsuguharu Foujita (Japanese, 1886-1968) Self-portrait with Cat

Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968) Self-portrait

Tsug

uhar

u Fo

ujita

(Jap

anes

e, 1

886-

1968

) Leo

nard

Fou

jita

Tsuguharu Foujita (Japanese, 1886-1968) Nude with a cat

Tsug

uhar

u Fo

ujita

(Jap

anes

e, 1

886-

1968

)

Tsug

uhar

u Fo

ujita

(Jap

anes

e, 1

886-

1968

) Girl

with

cat

Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita (Japanese-French, 1886 - 1968) A Seated Cat

Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita (Japanese-French, 1886 - 1968) Young Girl With A Cat

Portrait de Madame Y, 1935

Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita (Japanese-French, 1886 - 1968)Cat

Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita title unknown

Sound: Teresa Teng – Myth of lovers

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