
Ten Types of Female Nudes: Black Cat (Rajo jusshu: Yokushitsu nite)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban

$500–$4,000. Cat prints by this artist are enduringly popular with collectors. Good prints: $1,500–$2,500. Key value factors: Ishikawa's prints are relatively uncommon in the market. When available, good examples find ready buyers.
"Ten Types of Female Nudes: Black Cat" is a shin-hanga print by Ishikawa Toraji, created during the Taisho and Showa periods. This charming work captures the subject with the warmth and personality that characterizes the artist's beloved animal prints.
Ishikawa Toraji brings a distinctive visual language to animal subjects, combining bold, simplified forms with vivid color to create images that are both decoratively striking and full of character. The result is a print that appeals to lovers of both Japanese art and animal imagery.
This print represents Ishikawa Toraji's contribution to the shin-hanga tradition during the Taisho and Showa periods. As with all works by this artist, it reflects both individual artistic vision and the broader cultural moment in which it was created. For collectors and admirers of Japanese printmaking, it offers a window into the sophisticated aesthetic world that produced some of the most beloved images in art history.

Hebizukai
1932
Color woodblock print; oban

1935
Color woodblock print; oban

1964
Acrylic paint and oil pastel with oiled charcoal and ink over an ink and graphite underdrawing on paper

1964
Color lithograph with relief block and hand coloring; edition 35/36
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Ten Types of Female Nudes: Black Cat (Rajo jusshu: Yokushitsu nite) was created by Ishikawa Toraji (石川寅治).
Yes — Ten Types of Female Nudes: Black Cat (Rajo jusshu: Yokushitsu nite) is part of the Ten Types of Female Nudes (Rajo jusshu) series by Ishikawa Toraji.
Ten Types of Female Nudes: Black Cat (Rajo jusshu: Yokushitsu nite) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Ten Types of Female Nudes: Black Cat (Rajo jusshu: Yokushitsu nite) depicts animals and cats.