Legend goes that the Japanese feudal lord Naotaka Ii of the Edo period was heading home after some casual falconry when a cat seemed to wave at him, inviting him into a Buddhist temple called Gotokuji ...

The cat kept his promise, and the ceramic figurines quickly became very popular, saving the old woman from poverty. In the same year, pre-eminent printmaker Hiroshige Utagawa illustrated the cats ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- A cat burglar is on the loose, only this time the robber is literally stealing big cats. Ceramic tiger sculptures worth a fortune were stolen from a Gramercy Park townhouse and ...