Festival Drum Maneki Neko 'Taikoneko'
Maneki neko in white glazed ceramic with black-patched ears, holding a red festival drum in both paws, with a leaf and a fruit painted on the body, on a red cushion. 11 cm.
Festival Drum Maneki Neko 'Taikoneko'
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Beckoning cat in white glazed ceramic with black patches on the ears, both paws holding a red barrel drum with black cords and a gold stud, a green leaf and a purple fruit painted on the body, a red cord collar with a brass bell, on a red brocade cushion. 11 by 11 cm.
Fabric & care
The composition is stated in the description and printed on the inner label. Machine wash cold, inside out, with similar colours. Hang to dry. Iron on low, inside out over prints or embroidery.
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About this piece
Calico lucky cat holding a red festival drum in both paws, on a cushion
A cat with a drum. This lucky cat is white glazed ceramic with black patches on the ears, both forepaws holding a red barrel drum laced with black cords and topped with a gold stud, with a green leaf and a purple fruit painted on the body and a red cord collar with one brass bell. It is the festival cat, the one that keeps time for the dancers, and the drum is the kind carried in a procession.
It is the cat for a person who likes the festival more than the money, though the slot at the back is still there.
The name, Taikoneko, is the drum cat, and it is holding one.
The cat is glazed ceramic, cast hollow, painted and fired, with the collar a real red cord and the bells real brass, and a slot at the back for coins with a stopper underneath, so it is a money box as well as a figure. It sits on a red brocade cushion, as photographed.
Put it where a shop puts it: by the door, on the counter, facing the room, with the raised paw towards the people coming in. In a house that is the hall table, the kitchen shelf or the desk. The right paw raised is for money and the left for people; both raised is for both, and most of the cats here are greedy.
The drum is the detail: painted in a strong red with the cords drawn in black crossing its sides and a gold stud on top, held between the two paws so the cat reads as about to strike it. The leaf and the fruit on the body are the only other marks, and the ears are black-tipped.
The beckoning cat began in Edo, with a temple cat that waved a lord in from a storm, and it has sat at shop doors ever since; the raised paw is the Japanese come-here, palm down, which a Westerner reads as a wave.
Dust with a soft cloth; wipe with a damp one if it needs it. It is ceramic and it breaks, so keep it off the edge of the shelf. The cushion can be sponged.
From across a room it is a white cat holding a red barrel. From close the barrel is a drum, the cords show their lacing, and the ears their black. It is the cat for a kitchen shelf and a person who likes a festival.
It is 11 by 11 cm, the size of a fist, and it sits on its cushion at the same scale as every cat in the collection, so the pages compare.
Questions about the maneki neko
What is a maneki neko?
The beckoning cat: the ceramic cat with a raised paw that sits at the door of a Japanese shop and asks customers in. The story starts in Edo with a temple cat that waved a lord in from a storm.
Which paw, and what do the colours mean?
Right paw raised is for money, left for people, both for both. White is the classic; pink is love, red is health, blue is work and study, black keeps bad luck out, orange and gold are money, purple is rank.
Is it a money box?
Most are: a coin slot at the back and a stopper underneath. The abacus cat, the solar cat and the large pink cat are figures without a slot. Each page says which.
Is it made in Japan?
No. It is a Japanese design, made in Asia. We say so on every page.
What size, and is the cushion included?
Most cats are 11 by 11 cm, the size of a fist; the round-eyed cats are wider, and the large pink cat is 20 cm. Every cat is photographed on its red brocade cushion at the same scale, so the pages compare.
How do I look after it?
Dust with a soft cloth, wipe with a damp one. It is ceramic and it breaks, so keep it off the edge of the shelf. Sponge the cushion.
What we sell, and what we don't
Japanese designs, made in Asia. Cotton, linen or polyester as stated on each piece, never silk. We say so on every page, because the alternative is selling you a word instead of a garment.
On the record
| Piece | Festival Drum Maneki Neko 'Taikoneko' |
|---|---|
| Chapter | 家Home |
| Collection | Maneki Neko |
| Fabric | Glazed ceramic, cord collar, brass bells |
| Sizes | 11 x 11 cm |
| Made | Japanese design, made in Asia |
| Reference | YONA-0639 |
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