Posted 4 years ago
kwqd
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This cast iron black cat (kuro neko) is about 2.25" long x 2.25" high x 1.5" wide. It weighs just a bit over 8 ounces so is surprisingly heavy for its size. These are still being made by Iwachu and sold by various retailers, including Kotobuki Trading Company. I have been looking at these for a while and finally found a used one at a reasonable price. Iwachu makes half dozen versions of cat and dog paperweights. No idea how old this cat is. Kotobuki Trading Company was founded in 1963 and has averaged a couple of dozen employees since then. I paid off my December bills early so starting my January budget with a few small purchases, in both cost and size, and planning two larger purchases all probably metal ware. I will probably exhaust my budget early this month, again, but I am still waiting on December items which have been limbo so will have some non-metal things to post. Of course, I could just dig into my pile and post a couple of things I have considered posting but not gotten around to. Planning on at least one artist of the month post in January.
https://www.kotobukitrading.com/ecommerce/default.aspx
Very handsome cast iron black cat, nicely formed & realistic pose
Great little paperweight! I've never been much of a cat lover, but I really love this.
SO cute!!! :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)
Thanks Jenni! The Japanese do really well in representing animals in art, don't they?
Thanks, jscott0363! It is pretty well done. Hard to do in iron?
Thanks, Eileen! Me too! I have had cats my entire adult life, coming from a dog family that never had a cat when I was growing up. I brought one home from the Army and my parents were horrified but became dog AND cat people for the rest of their lives. They are pretty expensive relative to their size, so it will take me a while to get them all, but I probably will, even the dogs...
Thanks, AnythingObscure! Cat = Cute to me!
Thanks for loving my Iwachu cat paperweight fortapache, AnythingObscure, Eileen, jscott0363, aura, Thomas, Jenni and dav2no1!
Very sleek and beautiful, I love him, the pose makes hi look so curious, I can imagine him sitting looking like that into a mouse hole maybe? Or as a witches familiar watching her cauldron bubble, he makes a great desk companion! :P
Thanks for your comment LaurenRedmond! Something has his attention, doesn't it!
Thanks for loving my iron cat LaurenRedmond, Watchsearcher, Kevin, Vynil33rpm, Karen and Hoot60Hoot60!
Thanks for your comment LaurenRedmond! Something has his attention, doesn't it!
Thanks for loving my iron cat LaurenRedmond, Watchsearcher, Kevin, Vynil33rpm, Karen and Hoot60!
Thanks blunderbuss2, SEAN68 and RichmondLori!
Thanks for taking a look at and loving my Kotobuki/Iwachu cat ho2cultcha!
Thanks for loving my Iwachu cat Moy!
Sweet find, very naturalistic and beautiful! Aren't Japanese cast iron paperweights lovely?
Thanks rhineisfine! The Japanese do a great job on these small pieces. I hope to add a few more to my collection.
Thanks for loving my little cat rhineisfine and SEAN68!
Thank you Lamplover78!
Thanks for loving my little iron cat Vynil33rpm!
Thanks Eileen!