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Cat with a mouse in its mouth, from the 'Book of Ashura', a satirical work...

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Cat with a mouse in its mouth, from the 'Book of Ashura', a satirical work about the First World War, by Chuta Ito, 1914 (colour woodblock print)
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Japanese School, (20th century) / Japanese
Medium
colour woodblock print
Date
1914 AD (C20th AD)
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Ashura Jo, page 83. The picture refers to the Japanese capture of Tsingtao. The cat represents Japan, and the rat/mouse is Germany who previously occupied the port of Tsingtao in North-east China

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From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
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20th century / allegory / Germany / Europe / animal / Asia / cat / China / satirical drawing / Japan / First World War (1914-1918) / war / rat / mouse / allegory / great war / world war one / japanese / satirical / first world war / satire / ww1 / ashura cho / ashura-cho
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