Inside an Edo Classroom… Cat Edition 🐱📚

What was it like to learn reading and writing in Edo Japan? In a playful print by Utagawa Yoshitora, a serious cat teacher supervises a classroom full of lively kittens. Inkstones, practice sheets and distracted pupils make the scene surprisingly familiar. Explore the customs of terakoya-style education and the details through which Edo artists turned school life into gentle comedy.