東皐 Ōide Tōkō (Japanese, 1841–1905)

猫と蜘蛛, 東皐 Cat and Spider, Tōkō Posters

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

This exhibition, on view through September 27, tells the story of how the Museum built its comprehensive collection of Japanese art beginning in the early 1880s, when it owned just a small, eclectic array of Japanese decorative arts: http://met.org/1M8pWTO ‪#‎AsianArt100‬

Ōide Tōkō (Japanese, 1841–1905) | 猫に蜘蛛図 Cat Watching a Spider | ca. 1888–92