Manekinekos in a Chines shop in Cologne
Figures and angular cats (Maneki-neko or Manekineko) in a Chinese shop in Cologne. Maneki-neko. Maneki-neko, also known as Manekineko (Japanese 招き猫 "waving cat" or "waving cat"), is a popular Japanese lucky charm in the shape of an upright sitting cat waving its right or left paw at the viewer. Today Maneki-nekos are particularly popular in Japan, China, Taiwan and Thailand and are preferred in entrances of shops in shopping malls, restaurants, brothels and lotteries. There they should attract customers with their incessant waving. At marketplaces and exhibitions they should bring financial and business happiness. In private houses, they are often set up to bring prosperity and keep misfortune away. Its current shape dates back to the Japanese Bobtail cat race; according to Japanese tradition, Maneki-neko is the rebirth of the goddess of grace, Kannon (観音). Legends and anecdotes about lucky cats have been handed down in Japan since the beginning of the Edo period (1603-1867).
Size: 4508px × 3005px
Location: Cologne, Northrhine-Westfalia, Germany
Photo credit: © Guido Schiefer / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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