Decole - Embroidered clasp coin purse - Maneki-neko (lucky cat)

Decole - Embroidered clasp coin purse - Maneki-neko (lucky cat)

Orange fabric coin purse with a metal kiss-lock frame, a maneki-neko embroidered on the front and the word MANEKINEKO in pale lettering just below. The calico cat raises its paw and wears the red bib the real ones do. The fabric has a textured, ridged weave, and the frame shuts with that unmistakable dry click.

• Dimensions: approx. 88 × 10 × 110 mm in height
• Material: fabric
• Closure: metal kiss-lock frame with ball knobs
• Motif: embroidered maneki-neko, with the name in romaji
• Use: coin purse, or a case for small bits and pieces

Features

• Opens right up: the frame swings fully open and shows the whole interior, so coins never end up in a corner your fingers can't reach.
• Firm closure: the spring in the frame keeps the purse shut inside your bag, with no zip to jam and no popper to work loose.
• Not just coins: equally good for keys, earphones, a lipstick or a few tablets.
• Embroidered, not printed: the design is stitched into the fabric, so it has relief and won't crack from rubbing about in a bag.
• A lucky charm you actually use: the maneki-neko is the cat with the raised paw placed at the entrance of Japanese shops to draw in customers and good fortune. The right paw calls in money; the left calls in people.
• A classic format: in Japanese this kind of purse is called a gama guchi, "toad's mouth", after what the open frame looks like. It reached Japan from Europe in the late nineteenth century and stayed, becoming a thoroughly Japanese object.

About the brand

Decole is a Japanese zakka company — the small everyday objects people buy more for pleasure than out of need. Its collections play with traditional Japanese motifs and with animals, aiming to give an ordinary item — a stand, a purse, a keyring — something that makes you smile when you use it.