Black Cat - 黒猫
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Ohmi Gallery
Description
A black cat sits in proximity to a Yumeji-style figure — or stands alone as its own subject — in this composition that brings together two of the most charged presences in his visual world. Black cats in Yumeji's work are not sinister but companionable, sharing the solitude and the watchful, slightly melancholy quality of his bijin figures. The cat's independent self-sufficiency mirrors the emotional self-containment of the Yumeji woman, and together they create a composition whose loneliness is also a kind of contentment.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Black Cat - 黒猫 was created by Takehisa Yumeji (竹久夢二).
Black Cat - 黒猫 depicts animals and cats.