A Cat and a Rat
Titles
- Neko to Nezumi
Artist
Anonymous
Datelate 18th or early 19th century
GeographyJapan
Mediumink and color on paper
Dimensions13 × 9 1/2 in. (33 × 24.1 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of John Wyatt Gregg Allerton, 1955 (2040.1)
Object number2040.1
DescriptionOtsu-e painting.-------------------------------------------------------
A cat is seen offering a rat wine and red peppers. Beside them is a wine gourd. This illustrates the fable of rat so ferocious that he killed many cats. He was finally subjugated by a cat who first made him drunk.
Painted on paper in black, red and gray; 5 vertical lines of calligraphy.
CAM 12/19/13---------------------------------------------------------------
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