 Nemuri-neko

Nemuri-neko ( or , "sleeping cat", from "nemuri", "sleeping/peaceful" and "neko", "cat") is a famous wood carving by Hidari Jingorō (左甚五郎の作) located in the East corridor at Tōshō-gū Shrine (日光東照宮) in Nikkō, Japan.The Japanese sleeping cat is modeled after the famous crouching nemurineko carving by Hidari Jingorō.