The Feline Ukiyo-e Prints of Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Cats Suggested As The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō, (1850), woodblock print. Source: WikiArt

Utagawa Kuniyoshi was a Japanese Ukiyo-e Print artist during the Edo period (1603–1868) and he was also a cat fanatic. His studio was overrun with cats and they appeared in many of his prints. 

Detail from Cats Suggested As The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō showing cats suggesting the towns of Miya (left) and Narumi (right) (1850), woodblock print. Source: WikiCommons

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