Relatable in any time period

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It's not old at all, it won an art competition a few years ago.
- Also not an engraving, nor is it Japanese. It's from 2007, by Galina Zhiganova, a Russian artist.
  
  Wait, you can lie on the internet?
  
  Also not the hem, it's the sleeve.
- Not doubting you, but do you have a source? Sounds like a good read.
  
  https://www.threads.net/@fakehistoryhunter/post/CzTwGN2tUz6 A Good Threads account to follow for debunking various fake history things floating around the internet!
  
  it seems like this is the artist's portfolio (didn't find another one): http://www.free-lancers.net/users/OriginalArt/projects/46267/
  
  2007, by Galina Zhiganova, a Russian artist.
It's an ancient concept, depicted several times over history. The oldest one is an old Chinese tale (and related paintings) that has an emperor cutting his sleeve to avoid disturbing his sleeping lover (a younger man). So famous that “cut sleeve passion” became euphemism for homosexuality in China.
- In Islam, there is an apocryphal story of the prophet Muhammad doing this for his cat Muezza.
  
  I was hoping it would be a picture, not a story :(
- I would say that if this is actually old then it might be one of the oldest memes
  
  I think this honor goes to the nam-shub of Enki.
That’s because it’s a psycho Siamese cat that can kill you
- Thai-amese
  
  Would be Thaiese if anything 🤷
Seems to originate from here: http://www.free-lancers.net/users/OriginalArt/projects/46267/

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