（提灯に猫）

This print juxtaposes a cat (neko) with a paper lantern (chōchin), a pairing that operates simultaneously as genre observation and as a lighting study within Kiyochika's kōsen-ga framework. The warm, diffuse glow of a paper lantern—its flame interior visible as a faint orange or yellow core through translucent paper—is precisely the kind of artificial light source Kiyochika rendered most inventively. A cat, drawn to warmth and to the insects that circle lantern light, provides an animalistic focal point within an otherwise abstract study of illumination. Unlike formal kacho-e animal compositions, this image likely has the quality of a captured domestic moment: the cat's eyes catching the light, its silhouette outlined against a dark background. The print reflects the playful, observational strand of Kiyochika's work that runs alongside his grander topographic and atmospheric subjects.