TYBER KATZ"EAST"
ASIAN GARDEN COLLECTION
Peaceful Pets
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sculptures are cast stone from original carvings by renowned award
winning sculptor Peter L. Tyber
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3 Zen Mini Maneki Neko Lucky Cat
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Cast stone from an original carving by world renowned sculptor,
Peter Tyber
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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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