Edo Antique Paper Hanging Scroll Bijinga Hand Painted Woman Cat ASO448 Ikebana valued for its rustic

valued for its rustic

which is traditionally hung on Torii gates (shrine archways) to mark the boundary between the sacred and the profane

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Edo Antique Paper Hanging Scroll Bijinga Hand Painted Woman Cat ASO448 Ikebana valued for its rusticEdo Antique Paper Hanging Scroll Bijinga Hand Painted Woman Cat ASO448 This is an antique Japanese hanging scroll (kakemono) from the Edo period, featuring a hand painted portrait of a beautiful woman (bijinga) with a cat. The artwork is unsigned and executed in ink and color on paper. The composition depicts a standing woman in a traditional kimono looking down at a small black and white cat at her feet. The scroll is finished with a patterned