Otsu-e painting.-------------------------------------------------------A cat is seen offering a rat wine and red peppers. Beside them is a wine gourd. This illustrates the fable of rat so ferocious that he killed many cats. He was finally subjugated by a cat who first made him drunk.Painted on paper in black, red and gray; 5 vertical lines of calligraphy.CAM 12/19/13---------------------------------------------------------------
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