Cats convey suspicion, disdain, sloth, desire, and affection with the suavest flicker of the eyes and twitch of the ears. We submit to their obvious superiority, sacrificing furniture and garments to their clawed whims. And once we have bored them, they stalk from the disordered boudoir or living room in search of real sport. In the garden, they are instantly tigers. Crouching under a bush, they stalk butterflies, sparrows, frogs, crickets, the occasional pill bug. And once they have sated their bloodlust, they loll, in a patch of sunshine, the most relaxed and contented beings on the planet.

The Japanese word for cat (or cats) is neko. The cards in this folio present two Japanese painted scrolls from the collection of the British Museum, illustrating watchful and sleeping neko.

Ten full-color 5 x 7" blank notecards (5 each of 2 styles) with envelopes in a decorative folio. Reproductions of Japanese hanging scrolls from the British Museum.