Neko wo Daku- Girl Holding Cat

Neko wo Daku — Girl Holding Cat — a figure subject depicting a child cradling a cat, the combination of young figure and small animal creating a composition of quiet tenderness. The girl holding a cat was a subject that appeared occasionally in Japanese printmaking as an expression of domestic affection and the particular comfort of a child with an animal companion. Kimura's contemporary woodblock treatment renders the subject with the graphic clarity of his animal prints, the cat held within the circle of the girl's arms.