Sleeping Cat

眠り猫

Kawanabe Kyōsai (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

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kaikan sanjū shūnen kinen Kawanabe Kyōsai 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 Kyōsai
暁斎

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