national cat day: courtesan beneath a mosquito net /

This scene of a courtesan emerging from a mosquito net as her cat returns her gaze alludes to a well-known episode from the eleventh-century Japanese work The Tale of Genji. Prince Genji’s wife,the Third Princess, was concealed from public view, or as was the custom among women of tall status. When her cat pushed aside […]

Source: bento.si.edu