Title: Cat with Poems: Pictorial Parody of Priest Saigyo's Legend
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: 18th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Matsumura Goshun 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1752–1811
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Image: 39 3/8 × 11 11/16 in. (100 × 29.7 cm)
Overall with mounting: 74 5/8 × 15 13/16 in. (189.5 × 40.2 cm)
Overall with knobs: 74 5/8 × 17 1/2 in. (189.5 × 44.5 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1971
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Poetry, term: Cats