CAT SCROLL

A Japanese scroll, painted in the Chinese style, of two cats. The painting by an unknown artist Tosa Yukimi (土佐行至), accompanied with a  poem by the Confucian poet Terakado Seiken (1796-1868). The poem about stray cats huddling in fallow field while the author watches.  With wear to mount and damage from age and use. 
Edo period (1600-1868), dated 1864   
Image: 33" x 14¼” Mounted: 60” high x 17" wide (18½” wide at jiku roller)