# Cat with Poems: Pictorial Parody of Priest Saigyo's Legend

- By: Matsumura Goshun (Japanese, 1752–1811)
- Date: 18th century
- Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
- Classification: Paintings
- Dimensions: Image: 39 3/8 × 11 11/16 in. (100 × 29.7 cm) Overall with mounting: 74 5/8 × 15 13/16 in. (189.5 × 40.2 cm) Overall with knobs: 74 5/8 × 17 1/2 in. (189.5 × 44.5 cm)
- Culture: Japan
- Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1971
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/49050)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/met/CRDImages/as/web-large/DP-37207-002.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)