Kabuki actor Onoe Kikugorō III as the Cat Witch of Okabe

By 1943, acquired by Edward Burr Van Vleck (Madison, WI); 1943, passed through inheritance to Edward’s son, John H. Van Vleck (Cambridge, MA); 1980, passed through inheritance to John’s wife, Abigail P. Van Vleck (Cambridge, MA); 1984, bequeathed to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

• Paget, Rhiannon. "Divine Felines: The Cat in Japanese Art." Rutland, VT: Tuttle Publishing, 2023. pp. 120-121
• Elvehjem Museum of Art. "The Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1990. p. 264

• Asia
• Prints
• E. B. Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints

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