Image: Kobe City Museum
A cat believed to have belonged to the Japanese artist Kawanabe Kyosai is being highlighted as part of a late-display presentation associated with an exhibition on the artist’s work. The announcement focuses on an image in which the animal raises a mouse beneath the moon during a moon-viewing scene.
According to the exhibition-related notice, the cat appears frequently in Kyosai’s works and can be identified by its short tail and brown-and-white mottled coat. The same distinguishing features are visible in the cat shown holding the captured mouse. The notice suggests that the repeated depiction may reflect Kyosai’s own animal, while stopping short of presenting that identification as certain.
The post describes the work as available only during the exhibition’s later display period. It does not provide the exhibition’s title, the artwork’s title, dates for the late display, or a venue. Although the announcement was issued by the Kobe City Museum, the supplied material does not explicitly state that the exhibition or display is being held there.
The scene combines an everyday episode—an animal presenting its catch—with the seasonal subject of moon viewing. Its emphasis on the cat’s physical characteristics also draws attention to the recurrence of a recognisable animal figure across Kyosai’s imagery.
The notice was published on 19 August 2026 and circulated under the Japanese hashtag ‘The World of Kawanabe Kyosai’. No further exhibition or programme details are given in the available source material.
