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Cats have been a popular subject on Japanese art prints during all periods - from the Edo (until 1868) until our days. Part two presents leading contemporary Japanese artists who are well-known for art prints showing cats. All works were created after 1945.
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Ay-O - born 1931
Ay-o is the artist of color. Because of his "crazy" color spectrum he is also called "The Rainbow Man". Ay-o divides art friends into two camps. Either you like him or you run away. I am personally very color oriented and I like his works and especially this cat. That little kitty may not look cute but terrific and the pose of "yawning" is perfectly expressed.
The technique used for this print is silkscreen and it was created in 1978.
Hiroto Norikane born 1949
Japanese Cat Prints before 1945 - Illustrated Pictures
Dream - by Hiroto Norikane born 1949
copyright Hiroto Norikane
The title of this art print is "Dream". Three kittens are sleeping and dreaming. The fourth, maybe the mother cat, however is fully awake. Or is she daydreaming?
The print dates from 2001 and has an edition of 200. The technique is etching.
Iwao Akiyama born 1921
The prints by Iwao Akiyama are witty and whimsical. But by non-Japanese the humor is not so easy to understand, especially if Japanese characters are used on the print like on this one. Here the characters are a short poem by Santoka Taneda about a humorous expression of people in Japanese hot spring baths.
Iwao Akiyama works in woodblock technique and prints on a long-fibred, wavy Japanese paper. The edition size of this design is 225 and the print dates from 1978.
Masato Taniuchi born 1956
"Smile a little smile for me". The cat images created by Masato Taniuchi come closest to what Europeans and Americans regard as cute - like this one. By the way, the Japanese characters say:
"Smile, smile, always happy.".
This print was made in Japanese woodblock technique and is not dated. The Japanese art people LOVE to give you as little information as possible, but they do not understand if you do not buy their works. But we know it is from the late 20th century.
Mitsuru Tomoda born 1948
This cat looks rather "techno". Also the title is very unromantic with "Cat (E.C.) I-2". The edition size is 30 and it is a paper cut print - a technique rarely used by artists. The print was published in 1992.
Peggy Murray born 1947
Peggy Murray is an American living in California. The style and look of her subjects is very Japanese however. Her speciality are cats and dogs in human, mainly Japanese outfit. The artist combines her personal love for cats and dogs with a technical perfection. Her preferred printing technique is the silkscreen print. This print is titled "Cat with Iris". It is a limited edition of 27 copies, and it was made in 2007.
Tadashige Nishida born 1942
Tadashige Nishida works in the technique of woodblock prints. He has a number of favorite subjects - cats are one of them. This cat print from 2006 is titled "Brothers - 5B" and has an edition of 150. The two cat brothers look like twins with golden eyes and black fur. And, as if to underline the cats' beauty, Tadashige Nishida used gold-colored metallic pigments for this woodblock print.
Yoshiharu Kimura born 1934
This woodblock print by Yoshiharu Kimura is dated 1961. The composition is typical for the post-war period of the late 1950s and the 1960s. It is titled "Girl Holding Cat". Yoshiharu Kimura, born 1934, specialized in images of birds and cats. His later art works are kept in mostly strong, upbeat colors.
The edition size of this cat print is 50.
Dieter Wanczura
(May 2009)
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