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| Kuniyoshi: The Okazaki Cat Demon, about 1850 |
Utagawa Kuniyoshi loved cats and made innumerable prints with various cat motives. Here he combines cats with yakusha-e. This is a scene from a Kabuki play by Tsururya Namboku IV, "Okazaki
Ghost Cat", from 1827. The print was made about 1850, and is called The Okazaki Cat Demon.