Shinji Ihara — Sayaka, Trash Cat Series (oil and canvas, mounted on panel, 2017)
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“On the 6th Day of the 2nd Month of the First Year of the Kampo era. Taking a moment of my free time, I wish to express my joy of the cat. It arrived by boat as a gift to the late Emperor, received from the hands of Minamoto no Kuwashi.
The color of the fur is peerless. None could find the words to describe it, although one said it was reminiscent of the deepest ink. It has an air about it, similar to Kanno. Its length is 5 sun, and its height is 6 sun. I affixed a bow about its neck, but it did not remain for long.
In rebellion, it narrows its eyes and extends its needles. It shows its back.
When it lies down, it curls in a circle like a coin. You cannot see its feet. It’s as if it were circular Bi disk. When it stands, its cry expresses profound loneliness, like a black dragon floating above the clouds.
By nature, it likes to stalk birds. It lowers its head and works its tail. It can extend its spine to raise its height by at least 2 sun. Its color allows it to disappear at night. I am convinced it is superior to all other cats.”
- journal entry of 22-year-old Emperor Uda on March 11, 889 CE and earliest record of a cat in Japan [x]
Black Cat (detail) by Hishida Shunso, 1910 [x]
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For #InternationalCatDay 😻
Richard H. Recchia (American, 1885 – 1983)
Persian Cat, 1931
Bronze, black patina, lost wax cast
49.53 x 26.03 x 30.48 cm (19 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 12 in.)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 1984.746
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Andreas Andersen
Hendrik Andersen and John Potter
1894
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Henriette Ronner-Knip - The Kitten Game, 1860s.
Henriette was part of the so called Knip Dynasty, a family with remakable painting skills. Nicely blogged by My Daily Art Display:
The Knip Dynasty of Artists
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Spilt milk by Marcel Brunery (French, 1893-1982)
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Théophile Alexandre Steinlen ( Switzerland,1859 – 1923)
- Cat On A Balustrade
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Pedro Friedeberg — Cats of All Nations: Unite! (silkscreen, 2020)
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For #Caturday:
Ceramic bottle modeled in the form of a standing feline, decorated with resist-painted motif.
Gallinazo style (aka Virú culture), NW Peru, Early Intermediate Period, c. 200 BCE - 600 CE.
Spotted at the American Museum of Natural History NYC.
PS: this vessel may depict the Peruvian subspecies of Pampas Cat aka Northern Colocolo (Leopardus colocola garleppi). The Andean Mountain Cat (Leopardus jacobita) is also often suggested, but their range is more southern and higher elevation than where the Virú were? Also note the stripier legs on the Colocolo similar to the ceramic:
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