“Kuniyoshi’s Cats,” from the series: A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo

2004

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The body of a naked young man is covered with a tattoo based on the print triptych Cats as Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798–1861), published in 1849. The model is seated on a yellow and orange striped cushion (zabuton) with his pet cat alongside. Kuniyoshi, renowned for his prints on warrior themes, was also a cat lover and created a number of works incorporating feline subjects.

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ポール・ビニー(敏弐)画　「江戸墨百色　国芳の（猫）」
Title: “Kuniyoshi’s Cats,” from the series: A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo
Artist: Paul Binnie (Scottish, born 1967)
Period: Heisei period (1989–2019)
Date: 2004
Culture: Japan
Medium: Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper; large vertical ōban
Dimensions: Image: 16 5/8 × 11 3/4 in. (42.2 × 29.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Purchase, Gift of Estate of Mrs. E. H. Harriman, Bequest of Anna R. Milton, and Gift of I. N. Phelps Stokes, by exchange, 2018
Object Number: 2018.8.1
Rights and Reproduction: © Paul Binnie
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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