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    CAT NO.2

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    Text on the reverse side: The way cats wash their faces licking their paws and wiping their face - it is as if they are inviting good luck beckoni...

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    CATS (C.1830) BLACK

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    Text on the reverse side: During the sixth century, Buddhist monks travelled from China to Japan accompanied by domesticated cats to guard over th...

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    CATS (C.1830) WHITE

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    Text on the reverse side: During the sixth century, Buddhist monks travelled from China to Japan accompanied by domesticated cats to guard over th...

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    BOOK LOVING FOX

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    Text on the reverse side: A contemporary Book lover adaptation of a Japanese woodblock print by Koson (1877-1945). Japanese folklore portrays the ...

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    FROG (1814)

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    Text on the reverse side: Image from a woodblock print by Matsumoto Hoji from the "Album of Pictures by Celebrated Artists". The Japanese word for...

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    DANCING FOX (C.1910)

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    Text on the reverse side: The Japanese word for fox is "kitsune". A regular subject in Japanese folklore, the fox is portrayed with intelligence a...

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    BLOSSOMS AND MOON

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    Text on the reverse side: The blooming of cherry blossoms, is a symbol of purity. Their spectacular bloom is enjoyed by many, but for a short peri...

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    TOGETHER (C.1910)

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    Text on the reverse side: This image is recognised as one of Koson’s masterpieces. The bridge, particularly a bridge over water, represents crossi...

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    LINGERING SNOW (1932)

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    Text on the reverse side: One of the most commonly accepted origin of the name “fuji” is that the name sounds similar to “everlasting life.” Everg...

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    SCROOGE EZEN FROG

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    Text on the reverse side: A contemporary Christmas Carol adaptation of a Japanese woodblock print dating 1814. The Japanese word for frog is “kaer...

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    PUPPY (C.1800)

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    Text on the reverse side: Hochu Nakamura (active 1790- 1819), a Rinpa school Japanese painter from the middle to late Edo period, was mainly activ...

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    SANKEI-EN

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    Text on the reverse side: After collecting parts of buildings from various locations in Japan, a silk trader from Yokohama, Sankei Hara, began the...

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