Cat

A large black cat sits in profile with its head turned toward the viewer, rendered in bold, simplified curved forms with a white crescent patch on its chest, mottled dappling on its haunch and tail, and pale striations on its front paws. Its face carries two round yellow eyes, a small curling smile, and long whiskers, set against a background of angular orange, grey, and brown wedges radiating behind it. The artist's red seal and pencil signature "Tsurro" appear in the lower right, with an edition annotation ("H.C. 8/40") in the lower left; the print is Tomoo Inagaki's *Cat*, a mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock print).