Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 1: “Books from Kanazawa Library” (Kanazawa Bunko) and “Foreign Cat of Shōmyōji Temple” (Shōmyōji no kara neko), from the series History of Kamakura (Kamakura shi)

A white cat with black patches on its head, back, and tail, and an orange collar around its neck, is sitting on a box. The box is cream-colored with a gold and brown wave pattern and has a hinged lid. The cat is looking to the left. The background is a beige color with Japanese writing in black and red ink. The writing is arranged in vertical lines. A small white rectangle at the bottom center of the image contains the number "2038" in black text.

Artwork details

Date:: early to mid-1810s
Medium:: Privately published woodblock prints (surimono) mounted in an album; ink and color on paper
Culture:: Japan
Dimensions:: 580 × 624 px
Museum record:: View original