No. 19 Banshu Takasuna tako 播州高砂蛸 (Octopus from Takasago in Banshu), Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852 (8th month)

Woodblock print, oban tate-e. Woman reading a printed fortune with a sleeping cat beside her. (inset: fishermen working at the shore to harvest the octopus). Date: 1852 (8th month). Dimensions: Height: 35.20 centimetres Width: 25.20 centimetres. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. No. 19 Banshu Takasuna tako 播州高砂蛸 (Octopus from Takasago in Banshu) (BM 2008,3037.02115)