Cats by the great masters of Japanese prints. Masterpieces of Japanese prints collection.

A true celebration of cats, this box set, accompanied by an explanatory booklet, displays in accordion style more than sixty works by the greatest masters of Japanese printmaking. In Japan, the cat, present in folklore, poetry and Kabuki plays, is an emblematic figure. Sometimes adored for its gentleness, its beauty and its role as a lucky charm (the Maneki-neko), sometimes feared for its cruelty and its supernatural powers, then becoming the Bakeneko , a monstrous cat, vampire or sorcerer, it has always fascinated. From Hokusai to Hiroshige via Yoshitoshi and Kuniyoshi, these prints highlight this mysterious and fascinating feline, of captivating beauty.