Cat Maiden & Blooms — hand-colored original cover art

Original cover art · colored by Atelier Mio

Coming June 21, 2026

Cat Maiden
& Blooms

Book Two — Taisho-era Folklore Series

From the golden age of Taisho Japan — a fleeting era of elegance and quiet transformation — comes a feline spirit draped in blossoms, caught between worlds. 31 pages, every line drawn by hand with a toothpick and Sumi ink.

"Where folklore breathes through petals,
and a cat's gaze holds centuries."

Old Japanese folklore whispers that a cat who shares your home long enough — and is loved well enough — may one day learn to walk beside you in another form. She is that whisper: not a creature of legend, but a neighbor. A quiet friend who remembers every unhurried afternoon you ever spent together.

Across thirty-one hand-drawn plates, she moves through the flowers and small rituals of a vanished era — morning glories on a trellis, hydrangeas heavy with rain, koi circling a lotus pond — keeping gentle company with everyone who has ever loved, and missed, a soft-footed companion.

  • 31 hand-drawn, single-sided pages
  • Taisho-era folklore, flowers & quiet interludes
  • Optimized for alcohol markers & colored pencils
  • 100% original — no algorithm, no digital tools

From a single line, she begins.
From a master's color, she arrives.

Cat Maiden & Blooms cover — original line art

The line — by Silkline Studio

Cat Maiden & Blooms cover — hand-colored

The color — by Atelier Mio

Cover hand-colored in Prismacolor by Atelier Mio — a nurse and animal portrait artist, and a friend of this studio.

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