Sleeping Cat

眠り猫

Kawanabe Kyôsai (Japanese, 1831–1889)

Japanese

Meiji era

1885–89 (Meiji 18–22)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions 23.8 x 24.8 cm (9 3/8 x 9 3/4 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich

Accession Number47.47

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kaikan sanjû shûnen kinen Kawanabe Kyôsai kinen bijutsukan cat. (2008), p. 122, #1027; Clark, Demon of Painting (1993), #95

DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.5570 (fan), 47.47 (square, light background), 47.48 (square, dark background)

Signed Kyôsai
暁斎

Marks Artist's seal: Jokû

Provenance1947, gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich to the MFA.