Mar 4, 2018
Sabanyan (さばにゃん) from Sabae, Fukui Prefecture.
He was the cat of the child Sugimori Nobumori, from a local samurai family. At one point the family left for Kyoto, leaving the cat behind. Years later, Sabanyan found out Nobumori had changed his name to Chikamatsu Monzaemon, a successful playwright - he was very happy to find this out, and decided to read all of his work. Unfortunately all this reading had a detrimental effect on his eyesight, but the friendly people of Sabae gave him some glasses. Sabae city is known for its manufacturing of eyeglass frames.
At the Gotōchi Chara Haku in Hikone (ご当地キャラ博in彦根), 2017.10.21