Cats of Tokaido by Kuniyoshi Fernand Léger rewarding careful looking at every

rewarding careful looking at every scale

muted and vivid tones in uneasy proximity

and crisp edges throughout

every layer of Hu's illustration is captured with sharpness and tonal accuracy — produced by hand

Biomorphic forms — spirals

Cats of Tokaido by Kuniyoshi Fernand Léger rewarding careful looking at everyCats of Tokaido is part of Utagawa Kuniyoshi's celebrated series in which the fifty three stations of the Tokaido road are reimagined with cats in place of human travellers. Kuniyoshi was renowned for his playful anthropomorphism a recurring element across multiple series and this work displays his characteristic combination of technical ukiyo e precision with irreverent visual humour. The cats are rendered with the same compositional care and bold