Cats of Tokaido by Kuniyoshi Size:M - 50 x 70cm The animal is rendered with

The animal is rendered with confident line and selective detail

and continental outlines carry the slight imprecision of an era still assembling its knowledge of the planet

pushing the series into a more layered compositional territory

Fruiting bodies of varying scale are arranged across the page with the precision of a naturalist and the compositional instinct of an artist — each specimen rendered in meticulous detail

This work is characteristic of the Vienna Secession's belief that ornament and meaning are one

Cats of Tokaido by Kuniyoshi Size:M - 50 x 70cm The animal is rendered withCats of Tokaido is one of Utagawa Kuniyoshi's most celebrated series a complete reimagining of Hiroshige's famous 53 Stations of the Tokaido highway, with every human figure replaced by a cat. The conceit is executed with total commitment: the landscapes, compositions, and mood of the original series remain intact, while the feline protagonists go about their business with magnificent seriousness. Kuniyoshi's woodblock technique is at its confident