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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: (top) a legendary Japanese empress catching a cat with the rod of a laughing Chinese Fisherman God of good fortune; (bottom) another scene from Japanese legend, the apparition in the pond. Colour woodcut by Yoshitoshi, 1880s.

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

Español: Leyendas japonesas y chinas: emperatriz, gato y aparición en el estanque

Grabado en madera de color en dos paneles, de estilo japonés. El panel superior muestra una figura corpulenta y risueña con una caña de pescar junto a un gato, y una figura con ropajes y espada que se acerca a ella. El panel inferior muestra una figura agachada, de morado y verde, en la orilla de un estanque, entre juncos y rayos de luz diagonales.

Português: Lendas japonesas e chinesas: imperatriz, gato e aparição no lago

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