Japanese Metal Keychain - Cat and Sakura

Japanese keyring featuring a sleeping cat and sakura cherry blossoms, with an enamelled metal medallion

A cat sleeps beneath a cherry blossom tree, against a shōji – the paper sliding screen found in Japanese homes: this is the scene depicted on this Japanese enamelled metal keyring. The Japanese have an expression for mornings like these: shunmin akatsuki wo oboezu, ‘in spring, one sleeps without seeing the dawn break’, borrowed from an 8th-century Chinese poem. Sakura blossoms last only a handful of days in spring: these will last all year round on your keyring.