🔸Tokoname Maneki-Neko
Classic and traditional shaped ceramic Maneki-neo. Exclusive to wafuu-honpo, our shop presents a range of genuine Tokoname top quality, precisely made Maneki-Neko, come in 3 sizes with left or right paw ups.
* Images of manufacturing process. (There is various size of maneki-neko in Japan.)
*Herstellungsprozess (Es gibt Maneki-neko in verschiedenen Größe in Japan.)
Maneki-neko holding a "koban", a gold coin from ancient Japan raises their paw for inviting Happiness (Right paw up: money and economic fortune, and Left paw up: peoples (customer, friend). The fine ceramic Maneki-neko is made in a traditional kiln in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture by traditional process dating back of years. Place the beautifully hand-painted charming cat figurine on your home or store doorstep for beckoning lots of good luck!
*There is a coin slot behind the head, it can be used as a piggy-bank.
Winkende Katze" Maneki-Neko" hält einen "Koban", eine alte japanische Goldmünze, und hebt die Vorderpfote, um Glück einzuladen (rechte Pfote: Geld und wirtschaftliches Vermögen und linke Pfote: Kunden, Freunde). Diese hochwertige Keramik "Maneki-Neko" wird im traditionellen Tokoname-Verfahren hergestellt. Stellen Sie diese charmante Katzenfigur in Ihr Zimmer, Laden oder Büro, und holen Sie sich viel Glück.
* Sie kann auch als Spardose verwendet werden. Ein Papierstopfen im Boden ermöglicht die Entnahme der Münzen.
◆ Details ◆
☆ Tokoname Maneki Neko
[ size (approx.) / Maße (ca.) ]
H./Höhe: 15,5 cm x L./Breite: 9,5 cm x D./Tiefe: 8 cm
H./Höhe: 19 cm x L./Breite: 12,5 cm x D./Tiefe: 12 cm
H./Höhe: 23 cm x L./Breite: 15,5 cm x D./Tiefe: 13 cm
[ material / Material ]
Pottery / Töpferei (Tokoname wear)
[ Hergestellt ]
Tokoname, Aichi Pref., Japan
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51,90 €
inkl. MwSt, zzgl. Versandkosten
- Lieferzeit 2-3 Werktage *1 / Shipping 2-3 working days *1
◆ Comparison ◆
[ 15,5 cm & 23 cm ]
[ 15,5 cm & 19 cm ]
[ Right paw up & Left paw up (15,5 cm) ]
[ Right paw up & Left paw up (23 cm) ]
about TOKONAME - History of a pottery town
Tokoname (常滑), south of Nagoya on the Chita Peninschula near Chubu International Airport, was a center of pottery production for long time going back to the Heian Period of Japanese history and remains Japan's foremost producer of Maneki-neko figures.
Tokoname is one of Japan's six most important ancient kiln towns - the others are Bizen (備前), Echizen (越前), Seto (瀬戸), Shigaraki (信楽) and Tanba (丹波) - had the largest output of ceramics of any kiln town in the Edo Period (1600-1868).
In particular, Tokoname was a major producer of ceramic water pipes and is known for its signature "redware" and fine Japanese teapots.
Green tea became popular during the late Edo period, but the only teapots were imported from China, until a Tokoname potter named Mr. Jumon SUGIE started the first production of shudei (red clay) teapots in Japan. Eventually, Tokoname solidified its status as a pottery town.
TOKONAME in recent years
This pottery tradition and its culture can be sensed everywhere around Tokoname town, as for example in "Tokoname Maneki-neko street", "Pottery roads" and the sight of kiln chimneys. Visiting Tokoname town is highly recommended for a Pottery, especially for cat lover & Maneki-neko fan!
Most ceramic "Maneki-neko" is produced in Tokoname, where the gigantic cat "Toko-nyan,”
6,3 m width and 3,2 m height watches over the town with its giant eyes.
"Tokoname Maneki-neko street". There are 39 unique ceramic cats along the street.
Take a stroll through a town of chimneys!
"Pottery roads" goes up and down a few low hills which take you through kilns and brick chimneys, past ceramic
pipes and roofing tiles, and all the other scenes of a thriving pottery town. These sights of Tokoname leaves you
a fantastic impression.
A Photo shown left is "Dokan-zaka" (Earthen pipe slope) at the "Pottery roads".
The walls and the path itself are constructed from old ceramic pipes, Shochu bottles
and the clay rings ceramic debris from kiln.
Along the path are a number of brick chimneys that have been preserved
from the Meiji Period. The slope is one of the postcard views of Tokoname.
It is the place where most of the tourists take memorial photos.
"Nobori-gama"(climbing kiln):
Even the 60 such kilns once operated in Tokoname. This is the only one left and is the largest in Japan.
It was in operation from 1887 to 1974 and has eight firing chambers on 17 degrees slope and ten chimneys of
varying height. You can go inside the firing chambers and try to make your own pottery at a modern kiln.
