New · Made in Gifu, Japan · For a new venture
Mino-yaki porcelain · flask, two cups, five shallow cups · two gift boxes
Lucky Cat Sake Set: May Business Thrive
A white lucky cat with a red bib, one paw raised, and seven cups to pour into.
$139 Free shipping to 32 countries
Order by December 8 to make sure it arrives before Christmas.
We ship to mainland China: free, tracked. Import duties, if any, are paid on delivery. Where we ship
A gift for a new business · luck and protection · a new home
Leaves Fukuoka within one week by EMS, with tracking.
The story: Maneki-nekoWatch the 47-second film, or read it →What buyers say · ★★★★★ on Etsy
“Received updates regarding the item I purchased and when it arrived could tell that it was packed with care; my fragile ceramic bunny arrived in perfect condition! A wonderful purchase and I would buy from this shop again”
Jessica · United States
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“Item was as described and in photos shown. Excellent quality. Seller very knowledgable and took the time to explain everything”
Tiang N. · Australia
- Made in Japan. Mino ware, from Gifu prefecture.
- New, never used. Checked and packed by hand in Fukuoka.
- Returns within 14 days of delivery. Not right? Send it back as it came and we refund the full price, return postage included.
- Packed safely, sent by EMS within one week, fully insured, with tracking.
Duties, checkout and extras
- ★ 5.0 on Etsy · Star Seller. Read the reviews ↗
- Import tax. It depends on your country; if any is due, it is collected on delivery.
- US import duties. Already included in the price: nothing to pay at your door.
- Secure checkout by Stripe — cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay. No account needed.
- Two pieces, one parcel. Each extra piece in the same order is $15 off at checkout.
- Orders of $200 or more travel with a gift to keep: Japanese chopsticks with a rest in a paulownia box, or a Nara kaya-cloth handkerchief.
The story
Four hundred years ago, so the story goes, a lord was riding past a poor little temple on the edge of Edo when he saw the temple cat lift its paw, as if calling him in. Curious, he went in to see. A moment later lightning split the tree he had been standing under. He became the temple's patron, and the temple was never poor again.
That is why the beckoning cat sits by the till in so many Japanese shops. The words on this flask are shōbai hanjō: may business thrive.
The craft
Mino-yaki porcelain, made in Japan in Gifu prefecture, from the Fukuraku series, fortune and ease. Microwave and dishwasher safe; not for the oven.
Living with it
Pour from the flask into the two tall cups for a quiet drink, or set out the five shallow cups when friends come round: there is a cat at the bottom of each one. Somebody you know has just opened a shop, started a business, or taken the leap. If that somebody is you, the first toast is yours.
• Mino-yaki porcelain, microwave and dishwasher safe • Two gift boxes, new • Made in Japan
How it travels
Packed safely, insured in full
Every piece is packed by hand in Fukuoka inside a sturdy 3 mm corrugated carton, cushioned all round with air pillows so it cannot move. It travels with tracking all the way to your door: by EMS, insured for its full value, on orders of $100 or more, and by tracked airmail below that.
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A question about this piece — size, marks, condition? Ask the house, we answer within a day.