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UKIYO-E
JAPANESE WOODBLOCK
ART PRINT

"The Mystery Of The Cat" (五拾三次之内猫の怪) by Utagawa Yoshifuji, 1847.
From the Travelling the 53 Stations series.

This image is made in the yose-e technique ("assembled picture"), with a huge monster cat created using nine assorted cats.
The mouth is made of the cat collar and the collar bells make up the huge spooky eyes.
This is a depiction of the Monster Cat of Okazaki, that was haunting the temple near Okazaki along the Tokaido Road, waiting to attack young women who came to visit the temple - a yokai monster story made into a famous kabuki play.

★ Reproduced from an archive image, respectfully and lovingly restored and enhanced digitally, to remove the non-artistic blemishes and colour fading.

★ A3 print, 297mm x 420mm. (Interior images are shown for styling and illustrative purposes only, not to be used as a precise scale guide. There will be no watermarks on the actual print.)

★ Printed in England on a 200gsm Eucalyptus paper, made from eucalyptus pulp from sustainable sources. It is brilliant white and smooth and Eco printed with high pigment environmentally-friendly toners.

★ Supplied unframed, carefully rolled and packed with tissue paper in a strong cardboard tube for safe transit.

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