Metal Alloy Ornament with Urushi Paint - Lucky Cat - Gold / 銀雅堂 招き猫 AS-3 During our trip to Ishikawa

During our trip to Ishikawa Prefecture

Handcrafted in Japan’s celebrated Mino ware tradition

■  Size (Chopstick Rest): 4

appearing in mythologies across cultures as symbols of wisdom and protection

This unique quality makes it a delightful conversation piece

Metal Alloy Ornament with Urushi Paint - Lucky Cat - Gold / 銀雅堂 招き猫 AS-3 During our trip to IshikawaTakaoka is Japans metal city. For over four hundred years, its foundries have cast everything from temple bells to tea ceremony vessels, and the citys craftspeople have built a quiet, unshakeable reputation for knowing what metal can do. NAGAE has been part of that story since 1954 not as a museum piece, but as a working manufacturer that continues to carry the material forward. What makes NAGAE especially compelling is the way this long metalworking