On March 11, 889, a 22-year-old Japanese emperor wrote in his diary about his new black cat.
— Historic Vids (@historyinmemes) February 10, 2025
"On the oth Day of the 2nd Month of the First Year of the Kampo era. Taking a moment of my free time, I wish to express my joy of the cat. It arrived by boat as a gift to the late⦠pic.twitter.com/pR1WQIcRAP
Japanese emperor got a cat as a gift. Had a journal entry about how cool his new cat is. He was convinced it was the bestest cat ever ![:marseyblack2love:](https://i.rdrama.net/i/love-foreground.webp)
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I went looking for a source for this beyond some jackass on Reddit or Twitter, and surprisingly enough, found one. The article appears to be excerpted from Davisson's book, KaibyΕ: The Supernatural !Cats of Japan. The guy seems like the weeb to end all !weebs, but Smithsonian republished his piece, so I guess he's living the !comicshitters dream of actually being both employed and respected for his fetishistic obsession. Good for him.![:marseywholesome: :marseywholesome:](https://i.rdrama.net/e/marseywholesome.webp)
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