$200–$1,500. Cat prints by this artist are enduringly popular with collectors. Good nature prints: $500–$1,000. Key value factors: Shoda Koho's elegant nature prints are beautifully produced and accessible to beginning collectors.
"Black Cat at Night" is a [shin-hanga](/glossary/shin-hanga) print by Shoda Koho, created during the Taisho and Showa periods. This charming work captures the subject with the warmth and personality that characterizes the artist's animal prints.
Shoda Koho 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.
This print represents Shoda Koho'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.
Woodblock print
Teradomari no yau
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
![Mount Fuji on a Moonlit Night, Kawai Bridge (Tsukiyo no Fuji [Kawaibashi]), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)" by Kawase Hasui](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/d0960668-1e73-339a-b182-fb995a54bff0/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
1947
Color woodblock print; oban
March 1933
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Black Cat at Night was created by Koho Shoda (庄田耕峰).
Black Cat at Night depicts night scenes, animals, and cats.
