Cat with Poems: Pictorial Parody of Priest Saigyo's Legend

The image shows a vertical rectangular piece of artwork with a brown border. The artwork is on a beige background. The artwork features a drawing of a cat at the bottom. The cat is facing left and has a white body with orange and brown stripes on its tail, back and head. There are several lines of Japanese writing in black ink around the cat. The writing is in different sizes and fonts. The largest writing is in the center of the artwork, in very large black characters. The artwork is surrounded by a brown border that has a patterned design on the inside edge. The border is thick and takes up about one fifth of the image. The background behind the artwork is plain white on either side and black on the top and bottom edges.