Woodblock print of a gray and white cat with a green collar playing with a yellow paper butterfly on a striped stick, cream background.

Cat Playing with a Toy Butterfly, Japanese Surimono Print

A white and gray tabby cat with a green collar and bell sits on a striped stick, batting at a pale yellow paper toy butterfly with spotted wings. Printed in color on a cream ground with a metallic gold band across the top and vertical calligraphy on the left.

Artist: Totoya Hokkei
Date: 1828
Medium: Color woodblock print with metallic pigments; surimono shikishiban
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 2018 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1833).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Helen C. Gunsaulus

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Cat Playing with a Toy Butterfly, Japanese Surimono Print

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