This lovely
little
Japanese
BobTail Lucky
Cat will look
wonderful in
your pond or
garden setting
....
..An American
version of the
classic Asian
Cat
Collectible
cast from an
original
carving by
world renowned
sculptor,
Peter Tyber. Maneki
= beckoning
Neko=Cat
The raised paw
gesture
invites good
fortune !
5" H Cast
Concrete . Wt:
3 Lbs.
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What is Maneki
Neko?
"The Cat of
Goutoku
Temple"
Around 1650,
in the
Setagaya ward
of Tokyo,
there was a
temple called
Goutoku, which
was very poor.
The monk who
took care of
the place,
lived there
with his
beloved cat.
One day he
told it, "I
wish you could
return the
favor for my
having taken
care of you so
well." A few
days later,
the wealthy
samurai
Naotaka Ii,
Lord of Hikone
Castle, and
his hunting
party ventured
into the
temple's
compound.
He told the
monk, "We were
walking by
when a cat at
the front gate
beckoned us in
with its paw.
May we rest
here?" Soon
after that, a
fierce storm
came but Ii
and his party
were spared
from it.
While waiting
for the storm
to pass, the
warrior became
impressed with
the monk's
nobleness and
the
cat's
spiritual
attitude, and
decided to be
the temple's
patron, thus
rescuing it
from poverty.
Years later,
when the cat
had died, the
monk buried it
within the
compound. In
memorial to
his beloved
lost pet, he
constructed a
stone replica
of it.
Afterward,
rumors spread
throughout the
surrounding
community that
prayers made
to the image,
actually came
true.
Thus, the
traditional
belief of the
maneki neko
began.
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