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Black cat
(Kuroi Neko 黒い猫)
1934
from the Ten types of female nudes (Rajo Jusshu 裸女十種) series (1934)
- Medium
- colour woodblock
- Measurements
- 48.0 × 37.0 cm
- Accession Number
- 2014.24.7
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, NGV Asian Art Acquisition Fund, 2014
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Gordon Darling Foundation - Gallery location
- Gallery 18
Level 3, NGV Australia - About this work
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This woodblock print is from a series by Ishikawa Toraji that depicts Japanese women in fashionable modern interiors. The women are nude in each scene, giving the prints a voyeuristic and erotic sensibility. Toraji emphasises the tactile nature of cats, as the woman in this print allows a black-and-white cat to rub against her skin.