These artworks were made byUtagawa Kuniyoshi(1797 - 1861 ) , one of the last great Nipponese masters of theukiyo - estyle were really a novelty of its age . Kuniyoshi started to use cats instead of man in satiric kabuki prints in the other 1840s .
Cats Enjoying The Evening Cool, 1839-1842
viaTokyo National Museum
Engaged in Various Activities, 1840
viaMatome
Practicing Their Music, 1841
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Dancing, 1841
viaLivedoor
Three cats at an indoor party, playing a game ofken, 1841
viaSuttonde
Two cats as sumo wrestlers in a famous scene from the kabuki theater
viaKuniyoshiproject
Cats imitating the tenth chapter of the novel The Tales of Genji, 1842
Cats’ kabuki with some degatari chanters, c. 1842
“Six Immortal Poets” or “Six Cats with Fur of Different Colors” (the title is a pun, so both are correct), 1843-1846
The view ofYoshiwara, 1846
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