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眠り猫
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
24.4 x 25.5 cm (9 5/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich
Accession Number47.48
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
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
暁斎
Provenance1947, gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich to the MFA.