Cats Enjoying the Cool of Evening

A couple of cats heading out to enjoy the cool evening on a boathouse. The cat escorting the geisha cat is the boatman, and the slick one in the back is her date. Kuniyoshi was known to be a big cat lover, as seen in the title of this piece in upper middle framed with cats’ favorite, bonito flakes

Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Published: Late Edo (First Half of the 1800s)
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburo

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