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The Okazaki Cat Demon

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1850
The Okazaki Cat Demon, Utagawa Kuniyoshi
The Okazaki Cat Demon, zoomed in
36.5 cmThe Okazaki Cat Demon scale comparison50.8 cm
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The Okazaki Cat Demon is an Edo Period Wood Block Print created by Utagawa Kuniyoshi in 1850. It lives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The image is in the Public Domain, and tagged Cats, Demons and Women. SourceDownload

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Tamatori escaping from the Dragon King, Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Tamatori escaping from the Dragon King

1853
The Palace of the Dragon King, Utagawa Kuniyoshi

The Palace of the Dragon King

1853
Prince Yoshitsune learning the art of swordsmanship, Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Prince Yoshitsune learning the art of swordsmanship

1858
Fujimigahara in Owari Province, Katsushika Hokusai

Fujimigahara in Owari Province

Katsushika Hokusai, 1830 – 1832
Operating on Guanyu's Arm, Katsushika Ōi

Operating on Guanyu's Arm

Katsushika Ōi, 1850
100 Aspects, No 10. Moon of pure snow at Asano River, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

100 Aspects, No 10. Moon of pure snow at Asano River

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1885
Courtesan Asleep, Katsushika Hokusai

Courtesan Asleep

Katsushika Hokusai, 1800
100 Aspects, No 7. Inaba Mountain Moon, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

100 Aspects, No 7. Inaba Mountain Moon

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1885
100 Aspects, No 2. Chang'e flees to the moon, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

100 Aspects, No 2. Chang'e flees to the moon

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1885
Abolitionist Button, Early Photography

Abolitionist Button

1850
The Annunciation, Dante Gabriel Rossetti

The Annunciation

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1850
Christ in the House of His Parents, John Everett Millais

Christ in the House of His Parents

John Everett Millais, 1849 – 1850

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