Japanese Monster Cat Canvas Tote Bag Ukiyo-e Traditional Art Ghost Yokai Kabuki Japan Yoga Gift Cotton Shopper Printed Eco Friendly Market friends galentines with many lunging and contorting

with many lunging and contorting figures

circa 1483

Every year in winter months

a katana representing the Shogunate during most of the Tokugawa Era (a National Treasure sword that went missing at the end of World War II - but that's a different fascinating story

where samurai fearlessly confronted danger and accepted death as an inevitable part of their path

Japanese Monster Cat Canvas Tote Bag Ukiyo-e Traditional Art Ghost Yokai Kabuki Japan Yoga Gift Cotton Shopper Printed Eco Friendly Market friends galentines with many lunging and contortingUKIYO E ART JAPANESE WOODBLOCK COTTON CANVAS TOTE "The Mystery Of The Cat" () by Utagawa Yoshifuji, 1847. From the Travelling the 53 Stations series. This image is made in the yose e technique ("assembled picture"), with a huge monster cat created using nine assorted cats. The mouth is made of the cat collar and the collar bells make up the huge spooky eyes. This is a depiction of the Monster Cat of Okazaki, that was haunting the temple near Okazaki