1. Rate this symbol: (4.00 / 4 votes) The famous image of the Maneki Neko or “Beckoning cat” is an easily recognizable …

2. "Maneki Neko, the Tale of the Beckoning Cat" is a children's picture book that recounts a Japanese folk legend about a scruffy white cat with spots who came to stay with a poor monk at an obscure monastery, Kotoku Monastery.