Woman Playing with a Cat Edo Period 1843-1847 Utagawa Kunisada Geishas, Oriental, Japanese Prints, Japanese Illustration, Japanese Woodblock Printing, Japanese Woodcut, Chinese Art, Japan Art, Asian Art
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Cats in the Enlightenment (Part 17 – Cats in Asian Art)

Europeans were not the only ones painting our famous beast during this period. Japanese, Chinese, Korean and even Indian painters also included cats in Asian art of the 18th century. Children with a Cat and Mouse, 1768-69, by the Japanese painter Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770), shows a young boy holding a rather large white cat while his mother and sister look on. In another painting, Harnobu captures the princess Nyosan-no-Miya with her cat at her feet, a typical pose for the time. Gan Ku…
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