catonhottinroof:Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) Cats Suggested by the Fifty-three Stations of the Tok
catonhottinroof:Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) Cats Suggested by the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido{ Each cat is engaged in an everyday activity of a cat’s life, and each of these activities is referred to by a subtle word-play on the name of the station, thus Nihonbashi - nihondashi [two pieces of bonito fish] Kawasaki - kabayaki [grilled eel] Hakone - hekone [curled up to sleep] Numazu - namazu [cat-fish] Okitsu - okizu [fast asleep] } -- source link