Specifications:
Item: 0153Sc
Title: Maneki Neko
Size: 16 1/2 inches wide by 43 1/2 inches long including tabs. Ready to hang--natural bamboo rod included.
Description: White cat with yellow gold bib, green collar and red ears. Deep royal blue background. Deep royal blue border.
History: According to a 17th Century legend, the poor priest of Goutokuji Temple in Edo owned a cat named Tama with whom he shared what little food he had. One day, a wealthy lord caught in a rainstorm, took refuge beneath a tree near the temple gate where he saw a cat raising its paw in the traditional beckoning gesture. Intrigued, the lord followed the cat inside the gate for a closer look. Just at that moment, the tree where he had been standing was struck by lightning. The cat had saved the lord's life. The wealthy lord became friends with the poor priest, the temple prospered, and Tama was immortalized as maneki neko. In modern times, maneki neko, or beckoning cat figures, are often placed in shop windows to invite customers to come inside. They appear with either their left or right paw raised, the left to invite customers and the right to invite good fortune and prosperity. The height of the paw also varies, the higher the paw the warmer the invitation. They come in many colors, the tri-colored mike neko (pronounced mee-kay) native to Japan is the most popular, but white cats, symbolizing purity, black cats, said to be a talisman against evil, red cats, that exorcise illness, gold cats, to invite money, and pink cats, to attract love, can also be found. They are seen wearing red collars with bells as was the custom during the Edo era, and they are often holding a koban, or gold coin, also of the Edo era.
Our scroll size wall Hangings (long and narrow) are made from printed 100% cotton fabric panels, tenugui (printed cotton 'towels') or a noren (doorway curtain). They are machine quilted, hand-guided, using two layers of low loft polyester batting to provide added depth and dimension. Sizes listed under each item are approximate. For the width, the panel size itself is measured not the rod (which extends an inch or so past the panel on each side)--and the length is measured from the top of the tabs to the bottom of the panel.
Qty in Stock: 1
Maximum order Qty: 1
|
