White ceramic manekineko cat - MIKE-L - left paw

White ceramic manekineko cat - MIKE-L - left paw, made in Japan

• The left paw favors the welcome and the customer-boutique relationship

• Tricolor: The cat is white with black and red spots. This color is considered a powerful lucky charm, it is the most popular color for maneki-neko. This may be due to the rarity of this color among Japanese bobtails, the breed of cat that serves as a model for maneki-neko. In Japan, this color is called mi-ke, "triple fur".

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"Maneki neko" (招 き 猫) literally translates to "the cat that invites". It is made up of the verb “maneku” (招 く: invite, provoke, in the sense of making come) and the word “neko” (猫: the cat). It is also sometimes called "the lucky cat" because of the role it is supposed to play for its owner. Traditional statue of a seated cat, raising the right or left paw (or both) to the ears. Considered a lucky cat, it has been very present in Japan since the Edo era, it is celebrated on September 29.