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Colour woodcut in two panels: a laughing figure with a fishing rod and cat above, and a crouching figure at a pond with reeds and light rays below.

Japanese and Chinese legends: empress, cat and pond apparition

A two-panel colour woodcut in the Japanese style. The upper panel shows a laughing, bulky figure holding a fishing rod beside a cat, and a robed figure with a sword reaching toward it. The lower panel shows a crouching figure in purple and green at a pond edge, with reeds and bright diagonal rays of light.

Artist
Yoshitoshi
Date
[1880s?]
Medium
Woodcuts Mokuhanga
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2853 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1899.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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