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English: Woodblock print, oban tate-e. Okabe from the series 53 stations of the Tōkaidō in pairs (or "53 Parallels for the Tōkaidō Road"). Cats have been held in a very low esteem, might be that in some version recounting the death of the buddha, they appear as the only animals not to weep. In Kuniyoshi's time, it was believed that when a girl visited a temple after dark, she took the risk of being greeted by an old woman who would offer her to stay the night. Once inside the house, the old woman would become a witch and devour her. Therefore, a cat around a temples could be the witch in a cat form.
日本語: 一勇齋國芳画「東海道五十三對」より『岡部』、伊場屋久兵衛版、大判錦絵
“蔦の細道神社平（たいら）の上（かミ）の方（かた）に 猫石といふあり 古松六七株の陰に 猫の臥（ふし）たる形に似たる巨巌（こがん）あり 其昔 此所に一ツ家ありて 年ふる山猫老女に化（け）し多くの人に害をなし 人民を悩せしに 天命逃れず終に死して其霊石と化す と世俗にこれを言つたへけれども 其証詳かならず“
岡部の宇津山に有ったとされる猫石に因んだ錦絵。情景は四代目 鶴屋南北による『独道中五十三駅（ひとりたびごじゅうさんつぎ）』の「岡崎の化け猫」を描いたもので、老婆に化けた猫が一夜の宿を望んだ娘を襲うもの。
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日本語: 弘化元年-4年出版
between 1844 and 1847
date QS:P,+1844-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1844-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1847-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source http://visipix.com/search/search.php?userid=1616934267&q=%272aAuthors/K/Kuniyoshi%201797-1861%2C%20Utagawa%2C%20Japan%27&s=23&l=en&u=2&ub=1&k=1
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi  (1798–1861)  wikidata:Q317736
 
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Alternative names
Ichiyusai
Description Japanese ukiyo-e artist, painter and printmaker
Date of birth/death 1 January 1798 Edit this at Wikidata 14 April 1861 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Nihonbashi Edit this at Wikidata Edo, today Tokyo
Work period 1814 Edit this at Wikidata–
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Edo, today Tokyo
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creator QS:P170,Q317736

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