Cats & ukiyo-e

Fabulous exhibit opening at the Japan Society in New York: http://www.japansociety.org/page/programs/gallery/life-of-cats Be sure to check out the videos!

There's a delightful book on the subject, Cats in Ukiyo-e: Japanese Woodblock prints of Utagawa Kuniyoshi, by Nobuhisa Kaneko

Very cool!

Let's see ... to find the funds to go to New York... :)

>3 gilroy: from Australia.

Went to see the exhibit a couple of weeks ago before it closed. Interesting. Had lots of old prints featuring cats in all different roles in the lives of the Japanese. Here's a pic:

Outside the museum, there is a giant Hello Kitty on the corner of the street. People are encouraged to put toys in there. It will be displayed at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo!

Neat, thanks for the report and pictures!

They showed a fantastic movie, Neko Samurai, every typical samurai movie trope translated into a cat vs. dog plot.

>4 guido47: Isn't it worth your entire life savings? ;-)