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Eventually, he embarked on his own and adopted the name Kuniyoshi.
Utagawa Kuniyoshi, “Cats Suggested as The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō,” 1850 (Photo:Wikimedia Commons, Public domain)This post may contain affiliate links. If you make a purchase, My Modern Met may earn an affiliate commission. Please readour disclosurefor more info.
In the 1840s, however, new laws were introduced that censored what could be portrayed in art.
It was during this time that Kuniyoshi began incorporating cats into his printmaking, circumventing the strict requirements.
Calicos, tuxedo cats, and tabbies were portrayed in the same manner as human figures.
Utagawa Kuniyoshi, “Series of Proverbs,” 1852 (Photo:Wikimedia Commons, Public domain)
Another well-known piece replicated Hiroshige’sFifty-Three Stations of the Tokaidowith dozens of kitties.
The bookCats inUkiyo-e: Japanese Woodblock Prints of Utagawa Kuniyoshicelebrates the artist’s feline-inspired oeuvre.
Compromising 204 pages, thistankobon-style book explores the way in which Funiyoshi captured cats in his later years.
Utagawa Kuniyoshi, “Cats forming the characters for catfish,” c. 1841–1843 (Photo:Wikimedia Commons, Public domain)
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