![]() ![]() ![]() And they like to write about them, too in Sei Shonagon’s Pillow Book (1002) the Emperor Ichijo, who was the earliest Japanese emperor (or anyone else of note in Japan) to own one, loses his cat at one point, and everyone has to go and look for it.Ĭenturies later Japan’s most eminent modern novelist, Natsume Sōseki, produced his three-volume masterpiece I Am A Cat over a period of two years (1904-06), and the reason it had three volumes is because the reading public wanted more than Sōseki had originally planned to write. We are all familiar with the maneki-neko, the beckoning good-luck cat who appears in Asian shops everywhere, ensuring the success and prosperity of the enterprise. There are cats that live in train stations (one, at least, has a uniform and a “job”) and cat cafés, where people go to pet them and hang out with them. ![]() ![]() The Japanese are fascinated by cats, and it’s not difficult to find shrines dedicated to them. ![]()
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