Japanese Woodblock Print Loyal Cat

By Shin Kogei

Carved wooden block print design, printed on to canvas, stitched together to form a pleasing ornament to sit on a shelf.

The cat depicted here is modelled on the 'loyal cat' of a folk story in which a pet protected a princess at the Takayama Jin’ya historic building in Hida-Takayama.

Size 6cm wide x 11cm high.