MFA Images: Cats and DogsExplore this subject through images from across the MFA's collection./internal/media/dispatcher/917901/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailActor Ichikawa Udanji I as the Courtesan Michinoku (Ōshū)1873 (Meiji 6), FebruaryIchiyōtei Yoshitaki11.35526459943/internal/media/dispatcher/964643/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailActor Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Inabanosuke1847 (Kōka 4), 7th monthUtagawa Kuniyoshi49.1246253685/internal/media/dispatcher/965255/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailActors Ichikawa Danjūrō VII as Kiso Yoshinaka (R), Arashi Sangorō III as Saigyō Hōshi (C) and Iwai Hanshirō V as Utsushie-hime (L)1815 (Bunka 12), 1st monthUtagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)11.22203-5509456/internal/media/dispatcher/927331/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailActors Ichikawa Udanji I as the Ghost (Rei) of Michinoku (Ōshū) (R) and Kataoka Shōtarō as Kochō no Mae (L), in Keisei Nazuna no Sekku1873 (Meiji 6), FebruaryIchiyōtei Yoshitaki11.36147a-b460821/internal/media/dispatcher/977582/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailAct VII (Shichidanme), from the series Matched Pictures for The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Ekyôdai Chûshingura)1830sUtagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)11.42308476289/internal/media/dispatcher/965936/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailAmulet in the form of a cat1550–1295 B.C.06.2498138481/internal/media/dispatcher/961157/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailAmulet of a cat72.2522136747/internal/media/dispatcher/1592098/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailAmulet of a cat82.193137074/internal/media/dispatcher/879533/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailAmulet of a cat1550–30 B.C.72.2517137162/internal/media/dispatcher/1318874/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailAmulet of a cat743–712 B.C.21.305143571/internal/media/dispatcher/848853/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailAmulet of Anubis30 B.C.–A.D 36472.1598137848/internal/media/dispatcher/845661/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailAmulet of Sekhmet664–653 B.C.19.2211356237/internal/media/dispatcher/703060/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailArno1839Horatio Greenough1973.60140702/internal/media/dispatcher/916885/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailAsakusa Ricefields and Torinomachi Festival (Asakusa tanbo Torinomachi môde), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)1857 (Ansei 4), 11th monthUtagawa Hiroshige I21.9503237122/internal/media/dispatcher/924325/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailBlack Cat on a Chairafter 1850Andrew L. von Wittkamp48.49433239/internal/media/dispatcher/1018319/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailBoar Huntabout 1625–30Frans Snyders17.32231577/internal/media/dispatcher/1494346/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailBoy with a Catabout 1845Unidentified artist, American, mid-19th century1981.10634427/internal/media/dispatcher/861717/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailBronze cat305–30 B.C.72.4455a136617/internal/media/dispatcher/989352/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailBun'ya no Yasuhide, from the series Parodies of the Six Poetic Immortals (Nazorae Rokkasen)1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)11.43121477102/internal/media/dispatcher/917298/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailCalculating1844Thomas Hicks62.27333731/internal/media/dispatcher/933526/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailCalligraphy, by Chinzan (top right), Daikoku and Mice Playing Tag with a Cat, by Kyôsai (top left); Naval Landing Party, by Hiroshige (bottom); from an untitled harimaze series1878 (Meiji 11), June 7Ōnuma Chinzan11.37212461886/internal/media/dispatcher/924955/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailCat and Butterflymid 19th centuryMori Kansai11.474325144/internal/media/dispatcher/974228/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailCat and Peoniesabout 1800s–early 1810sIzumi Morikazu (Jukōtei Mekichi)06.1211177488/internal/media/dispatcher/848307/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailCat at Night (Yoru no neko) from Nikkan ehagakiHôgai2002.3017413088/internal/media/dispatcher/587931/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailCat head760–343 B.C.03.1816130612/internal/media/dispatcher/749516/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailCat Hunting a Ratdated 1877 (Meiji 10)Isseisai Toshikazu11.783026586/internal/media/dispatcher/929600/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailCats Frightened by Toy Dog (above); Cat Using Mousetrap (below); from the series The War of Cats and Mice (Neko nezumi kassen)1859 (Ansei 6), 9th monthTsukioka Yoshitoshi11.37779462453/internal/media/dispatcher/1825172/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailCat SleepingCornelis VisscherP7773108910/internal/media/dispatcher/1312961/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe Cats' Rendezvous1868Edouard Manet32.47292887/internal/media/dispatcher/929601/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailCats Tempted by a Delicious Smell (above); Mice Eating While Cat Sleeps (below); from the series The War of Cats and Mice (Neko nezumi kassen)1859 (Ansei 6), 9th monthTsukioka Yoshitoshi11.37780462454/internal/media/dispatcher/848537/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailCat with a Cricket with a Haiku Poem from Nikkan ehagakiArtist unidentified, Japanese2002.3168413267/internal/media/dispatcher/929602/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailCat with Head in Bag (above); Cats Attacking Mice (below); from the series The War of Cats and Mice (Neko nezumi kassen)1859 (Ansei 6), 9th monthTsukioka Yoshitoshi11.37781462455/internal/media/dispatcher/917039/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailCh. 35, Wakana no ge, from the series The Color Print Contest of a Modern Genji (Ima Genji nishiki-e awase)1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 2nd monthUtagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)01.5694179458/internal/media/dispatcher/970147/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailCh. 50, Azumaya, from the series Lingering Sentiments of a Late Collection of Genji (Genji goshû yojô) [pun on The Fifty-four Chapters of the Tale of Genji (Genji gojûyojô)]1858 (Ansei 5), 12th monthUtagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)00.1852a-b191249/internal/media/dispatcher/782520/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailLes Chats1902Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen61.685165960/internal/media/dispatcher/983268/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailCherry Blossoms at Genji's Rokujô Mansion (Genji Rokujô no hana)1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 12th monthUtagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)11.43490a-c477471/internal/media/dispatcher/962175/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailCherry Blossoms at Genji's Rokujô Mansion (Genji Rokujô no hana)1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 12th monthUtagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)11.15169, 11.15178, 11.15233500279/internal/media/dispatcher/1052341/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailChildren with Cat and Mouseabout 1768–69 (Meiwa 5–6)Suzuki Harunobu11.19493212265/internal/media/dispatcher/782476/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe Christmas Tree, illustration for The Christmas Letterabout 1905–07Wuanita Smith1985.762264420/internal/media/dispatcher/1174631/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailCivets, Pine Tree, Birds, and Flowersmid-16th centuryKano Utanosuke11.678125931/internal/media/dispatcher/1008925/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailCollection of the Chat Noir1898Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen2002.62348741/internal/media/dispatcher/978922/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailCourtesan Playing with a Dogabout Kanbun era (1661–73)Artist unknown, Japanese06.28524226/internal/media/dispatcher/944544/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailCourtesan with Cat on Leashabout 1725 (Kyōhō 10)Okumura Masanobu21.5767233446/internal/media/dispatcher/925550/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe Daughter of Dainagon Yukinari, from the series Lives of Wise and Heroic Women (Kenjo reppu den)about 1842–43 (Tenpō 13–14)Utagawa Kuniyoshi11.15941208491/internal/media/dispatcher/849072/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailDog amulet7th–4th century B.C.30.625244559/internal/media/dispatcher/804505/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailDog Barking at the MoonSugiura Hisui2002.1166394531/internal/media/dispatcher/1032460/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailDog in Mourning1870Henry Bacon1982.63834520/internal/media/dispatcher/1808303/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailDogsRichard GaywoodP1779277896/internal/media/dispatcher/773161/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailDouble-sided votive relief305–30 B.C.51.2474148421/internal/media/dispatcher/783311/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm1909Arthur Rackham38.860157048/internal/media/dispatcher/977494/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailA Fan of Ichikawa Monnosuke III, from the series Comparison of the Fans of Current Actors (Tôsei haiyû hiiki kurabe)about 1818–21 (Bunsei 1–4)Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)11.42344476325/internal/media/dispatcher/1808300/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailFive hounds1647Wenceslaus Hollar53.474160158/internal/media/dispatcher/945039/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailFloss-stretching Shopabout 1768–69 (Meiwa 5–6)Suzuki Harunobu21.4466232143/internal/media/dispatcher/782512/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailGirl, Toys and Dogs Walking, illustration for The Christmas LetterAbout 1905–07Wuanita Smith1985.763264421/internal/media/dispatcher/1105834/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailGirl with Cat1856William Morris Hunt00.50431115/internal/media/dispatcher/952790/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailHanaōgi of the Ōgiya, from the series Selections from Six Houses of the Yoshiwara (Seirō rokkasen)about 1801 (Kansei 13/Kyōwa 1)Kitagawa Utamaro I21.6581234246/internal/media/dispatcher/972551/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailHound Pointing1860Constant Troyon24.34532153/internal/media/dispatcher/1090791/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailIn the Manner of Matsusuke (Matsusuke fû): Woman Playing with Kittens, with Inset of Actor Onoe Matsusuke I on a Fan, from the series Floating World Scenes with the Perfume of the Stage (Ukiyo butai kô)Utagawa Toyokuni I11.13663211087/internal/media/dispatcher/1642637/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailInukai Genpachi Fights a Cat Monster on Mount Kōshinabout 1849–50 (Kaei 2–3)Utagawa Yoshitora11.41383a-c472366/internal/media/dispatcher/1494348/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailLandscape with Dogs1868Thomas Hewes Hinckley20.187231867/internal/media/dispatcher/798234/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailLittle Miss Hone1824Samuel Finley Breese Morse48.45533201/internal/media/dispatcher/804633/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailMerchant's DaughterMizuno Toshikata2002.1034394438/internal/media/dispatcher/954145/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailMoon at Ryôgoku Bridge (Ryôgoku no tsuki), from the series Noted Spots for Moon-viewing in the Eastern Capital (Tôto tsuki no meisho)about late 1830sUtagawa Kuniyoshi11.36365461039/internal/media/dispatcher/1013496/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailNarcissus (Suisenka), from an untitled series of Flowersabout 1769 (Meiwa 6)Suzuki Harunobu11.19513211947/internal/media/dispatcher/952495/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailNeedleworkabout 1794–95 (Kansei 6–7)Kitagawa Utamaro I21.6378234043/internal/media/dispatcher/804603/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailNew Herbs (Wakana) II from the series The Tale of Genji1905Kajita Hanko2002.967394469/internal/media/dispatcher/972688/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe Ninth Hour (Hi kokonotsu no toki): Noon; Woman Playing with Cat, Fishmonger and Dog, from the series Sundial of Modern Tradesmen (Tōsei akindo hidokei)about 1821–23 (Bunsei 4–6)Utagawa Kuniyoshi11.15955208504/internal/media/dispatcher/968073/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailOkabe in Suruga Province: The Monster of the Cat Temple (Nekodera no kai); Tamashima Ittô, from the series Calligraphy and Pictures for the Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô (Shoga gojûsan eki)1872 (Meiji 5), 10th monthUtagawa Yoshitora11.41449472432/internal/media/dispatcher/962259/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailOkazaki, from the Fifty-three Stations: Actors Sawamura Sōjūrō V as Tamashima Ittō, Onoe Kikugorō III as the Spirit of an Old Cat (Koneko no sei), and Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Inabanosuke1847 (Kōka 4), 7th monthUtagawa Kuniyoshi49.1248253687/internal/media/dispatcher/968189/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailOkazaki, from the Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi, Okazaki): Actor Onoe Kikugorô III as the Cat Monster (Kin no miya kaineko henge)1835 (Tenpō 6), 2nd monthUtagawa Sadahide11.39186464515/internal/media/dispatcher/1704015/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailOld Mother Hubbard went to the cupboardabout 1873Walter Crane64.1556168236/internal/media/dispatcher/962206/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe Origin Story of the Cat Stone at Okabe, Representing One of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (Mitate Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi Okabe neko ishi no yurai): Actors Sawamura Sojūrō V (?) as Teranishi Kanshin (R), Onoe Kikugorō III as the Cat Monster (C), and Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Ōe Inabanosuke (L)1847 (Kōka 4), 7th monthUtagawa Kuniyoshi11.41806a-c472789/internal/media/dispatcher/894973/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailOsen of the Kagiya and a Young Man with a Catabout 1769 (Meiwa 6)Suzuki Harunobu11.19496212268/internal/media/dispatcher/953654/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailOsen of the Kagiya Teahouse Playing with a Kittenabout 1769 (Meiwa 6)Suzuki Harunobu21.4543232220/internal/media/dispatcher/1530586/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailParody of the Four Sleepersdated Tenpô 15 (1844)Toshika11.463825058/internal/media/dispatcher/928545/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPekinese Dog with BallUtagawa Hiroshige I21.9683237301/internal/media/dispatcher/780279/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPictures and Songs1887Randolph Caldecott56.885161302/internal/media/dispatcher/1713434/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPlaying with a Cat (Jarashi nosô) from The Series One Hundred View of Alluring Women (Enshi hyakumensô)Artist unidentified, Japanese2002.18554434465/internal/media/dispatcher/837133/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPlaying with a Cat (Neko jarashi) from Ehagaki sekai1908Artist unknown, Japanese2002.1880403412/internal/media/dispatcher/1053331/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPoem by Somaru, from the series Fashionable Versions of Ink in Five Colors (Fūryū goshiki-zumi)about 1768 (Meiwa 5)Suzuki Harunobu11.22149214959/internal/media/dispatcher/948342/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPoem by Somaru, from the series Fashionable Versions of Ink in Five Colors (Fūryū goshiki-zumi)about 1768 (Meiwa 5)Suzuki Harunobu21.4440232117/internal/media/dispatcher/782523/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailProwling Cat; verso: Male Nude Figure Study and Reclining Cat StudyundatedThéophile-Alexandre Steinlen67.21262541/internal/media/dispatcher/870075/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPuppies under Plum Blossoms, from an unidentified series (possibly New Year's cards for a Year of the Dog)Artist unidentified, Japanese2002.14234428736/internal/media/dispatcher/1704027/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPuss Comforts His Master, the Miller's Sonabout 1873Walter Crane92.2581199713/internal/media/dispatcher/1704022/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPuss Kills the Ogre, and Takes His Lands for His Masterabout 1873Walter Crane92.2576199718/internal/media/dispatcher/1704021/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPuss Welcomes the King, the Princess and His Masterabout 1873Walter Crane92.2575199719/internal/media/dispatcher/775039/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailR. Caldecott's Collection of Pictures and Songsabout 1880Randolph Caldecott55.1292258042/internal/media/dispatcher/977501/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailRiverside Restaurant, from the series Pictorial Gathering of Remarkable Women of the Floating World, Part Two (Ukiyo meijo zue nihen)about 1822 (Bunsei 5)Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)11.42351476332/internal/media/dispatcher/990185/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailShaving the Nape of the Neck, from the series Modern Eastern Brocade Prints (Tōsei Azuma nishiki-e)about 1819–20 (Bunsei 2–3)Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)34.516246596/internal/media/dispatcher/690011/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailShepherd Boy Playing Bagpipesabout 1754François Boucher61.95833696/internal/media/dispatcher/1174726/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailSitting Roomabout 1870Antoine Vollon19.11531779/internal/media/dispatcher/1808305/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailSleeping CatRichard GaywoodP953177938/internal/media/dispatcher/1124972/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailSleeping CatThéophile-Alexandre Steinlen42.44157319/internal/media/dispatcher/941781/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailSleeping Cat1885–89 (Meiji 18–22)Kawanabe Kyōsai21.5570233249/internal/media/dispatcher/974231/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailSleeping Cat1885–89 (Meiji 18–22)Kawanabe Kyōsai47.47252245/internal/media/dispatcher/974232/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailSleeping Cat1885–89 (Meiji 18–22)Kawanabe Kyōsai47.48252246/internal/media/dispatcher/1009301/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailSleeping Cat and Butterflies from the album Birds and Flowersfirst half of the 19th centuryArtist unknown, Japanese01.8477.124166/internal/media/dispatcher/983339/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe Sleigh Rideabout 1845James Goodwyn Clonney48.41733170/internal/media/dispatcher/804464/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailSnarling Cats in Crescent Moon (from an unidentified series)Saitō Shōshū2002.1109394490/internal/media/dispatcher/998574/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailStatuette of a cat664–30 B.C.53.238545968