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Lucky Cat Museum
About the museum The Lucky Cat Museum is the passion project of Micha Robertson and her husband, Jaime. They moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, from Oklahoma in 2001. Micha had always collected cat ephemera and Japanese and Asian art, but hadn’t been able to find any Lucky Cats in Oklahoma. She received her first Neko from…
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History of Lucky Cats
By: Rebecca Saunders The “Chinese waving cat” is well-known—visually, at least. This kitsch, often gold ornament is ubiquitous in Chinatowns and Asian stores around the world, but these cute little statues aren’t Chinese at all: They’re Japanese. Named maneki-neko in Japanese (literally “beckoning cat”), the figurine—true to its name and contrary to popular belief—is not actually waving. In Japan, unlike…
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