#japanese books with cats

[godzilla-reads]

Japanese Books With Cats

"The Guest Cat" by Takashi Hiraide (trans. Eric Selland)

An author and his wife move into a new house and start getting visits from their neighbor's cat.

"The Travelling Cat Chronicles" by Hiro Arikawa (trans. Philip Gabriel)

Nana the cat is on a road trip with his person, Satoru. He doesn't know where they're going or why, only that they are visiting Satoru's old friends.

"The Cat Who Saved Books" by Sosuke Natsukawa (trans. Louise Heal Kawai)

Bookish student Rintaro Natsuki is about to have to close his late grandfather's bookshop when a magical talking cat named Tiger enlists his help to save the world of books.

"If Cats Disappeared from the World" by Genki Kawamura (trans. Eric Selland)

Our narrator's days are numbered as he finds out he is going to die. His only solace is his late mother's cat Cabbage, until the devil shows up and wants to make a deal.

"I am a Cat" by Soseki Natsume (trans. Graeme Wilson and Aiko Ito)

Written from 1904 through 1906, Soseki Natsume's comic masterpiece, I Am a Cat, satirizes the foolishness of upper-middle-class Japanese society during the Meiji era. With acerbic wit and sardonic perspective, it follows the whimsical adventures of a world-weary stray kitten who comments on the follies and foibles of the people around him.

"Oh Tama! A Mejiro Novel" by Mieko Kanai (trans. Tomoko Aoyama and Paul McCarthy)

Oh, Tama! takes the reader deep into the haphazard lives of Natsuyuki, the protagonist, and his loosely connected circle of dysfunctional acquaintances and family. Trying to keep some semblance of order and decency in his life, working as an occasional freelance photographer, Natsuyuki is visited by his delinquent friend Alexandre, who unexpectedly entrusts him with his sister's pregnant cat, Tama. Despite his initial protests, Natsuyuki accepts his new responsibility and cares compassionately for Tama and her kittens.

"She and Her Cat" by Makoto Shinkai and Tsubasa Yamaguchi

This is the story of Miyu, a woman who lives alone with her cat, Chobi. As Miyu navigates the world of adulthood, she discovers both the freedom and loneliness that come with living independently, and Chobi learns of the outside world through her actions. Time drifts slowly for Miyu and her cat, but the harsh realities of the world soon catch up...

"A Man and His Cat Vol. 1" by Umi Sakurai

Convinced he will never find a home, an "ugly" pet shop cat is thrilled when a man comes in and falls in love. These are their adventures together.

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[nobrashfestivity]

Hiroshige Utagawa III ( Andō Tokubei (安藤徳兵).)

100 cats

"Hyakuneko Gafu"

Meiji Period

[s4ah]

peace or solitude? ✵

[happyheidi]

[anretoga]

I know that you like Turbo Granny but I grew up with Nyanko Sensei 🙈 :’v

[galina]

I wasn't sure how I felt about this one overall, but I laughed a lot at this little bit of The Cat Who Saved Books – it's giving the energy of those book bloggers who read more books than seems humanly possible. Nothing but love to all my quick readers out there 🤍

[diana-andraste]

Stray Cats, Daido Moriyama, 1970s-2023

[itswhatyougive]

I don't know how to describe it, but something about Edward Gorey and Junji Ito both going slightly off-brand and illustrating a whimsical book about cats is so special to me

[jareckiworld]

Setsu Asakura (1922-2014) "Switchyo Cat" Japanese Picture Book, 1971.

[samireads]

Japanese books with cats on the cover 🐈

[gennsoup]

It is painfully easy to define human beings. They are beings who, for no good reason at all, create their own unnecessary suffering.

Natsume Sōseki, I Am a Cat, Vol. III

[godzilla-reads]

My sweet, sweet baby 😻

[nobrashfestivity]

Jules Adeline, The cat according to the Japanese , Rouen, 1893, illustration by Jules Adeline 

[pawswithprose]

June 22nd 💕

Books, flowers, art, colour, cats and comfort are key things for this summer.

🎧 the louvre by lorde

[happyheidi]