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sculptures are cast stone from original carvings by renowned
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Maneki Neko Lucky Cat Sculpture
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This
lovely little 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
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5" H Cast Concrete
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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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