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Re: New sculpture: Maneki Neko (Japanese good luck cat)
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Thu, 23 Jan 2003 17:13:26 GMT
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Lucky cat! :)
Very, very cool. I haven't thought about doing this as a sculpture,
but I'm really impressed. :)
I like the raised kanji. Su-goi! I checked out how you did the arms.
Very interesting.
-Anne
This one time, Bill Ward wrote:
> The Maneki Neko, literally "Beckoning Cat," is a good luck charm used widely in
> Japanese business establishments and homes. It is believed to invite in fortune
> and good luck to its owner. In Japan, the hand sign to ask someone to come
> towards you is made with the palm facing down and fingers towards the person,
> and moving the hand in a scooping sort of motion; it is the direct opposite of
> the American hand signal for the same thing. The Maneki Neko is carrying a
> koban (gold coin from the Edo Period). The characters translate to "ten million
> ryou." (the ryou is an archaic unit of money in Japan)
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It might look like I'm doing (\`--/') _ _______ .-r-.
nothing, but at the cellular >.~.\ `` ` `,`,`. ,'_'~`.
level, I'm really quite busy. (v_," ; `,-\ ; : ; \/,-~) \
stripes at tigerlair dot com `--'_..),-/ ' ' '_.>-' )`.`.__.')
stripes at brickbox dot com ((,((,__..'~~~~~~((,__..' `-..-'fL
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