Talk:Nemuri-neko

Japanese name

Currently the article starts with "Nemuri-neko [眠猫] or Nemuri-no-neko [眠り猫] ..." but this doesn't look right to me. I would say 眠猫 and 眠り猫 are probably both "Nemuri-neko", and "Nemuri-no-neko" would be 眠の猫／眠りの猫. Is that right? Which of these variants are in actual use in Japan in this context? I see the ja article is called 眠り猫, and the other variants do not seem to be mentioned. 86.176.211.72 (talk) 00:03, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

眠り猫 is the most widely used name, but 眠猫 is also used and can be found on the web too. See [1], [2], [3],and [4]. The first link is an online encyclopedia page. I've never heard of 眠の猫／眠りの猫. BTW, I replaced the lead image as the new one had the upper part of the carving. And I added a close-up image to the article too. I hope you do not mind. Oda Mari (talk) 07:43, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for your reply. I changed the article. However, could you confirm that 眠猫 and 眠り猫 are both pronounced ねむりねこ? I think they are, but I am not absolutely certain. 86.176.213.97 (talk) 18:45, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Both are/can be pronounced ねむりねこ. ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 09:01, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Yes. This is just a matter of with/without okurigana. I think it's somewhat like the difference between US and British spelling. Oda Mari (talk) 09:17, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Clarification

The first section refers to Nemuri-neko in the singular: as a famous wood carving by Hidari Jingorō located in the East corridor at Tōshō-gū Shrine. The two accompanying photographs are captioned using the singular definite article the: 'The Nemuri-neko at Tōshō-gū' and 'The close-up image of the cat'. However, in the Gallery section featured below, the hand-colored collotype photograph shows a different sleeping cat 'at Nikko Toshogu Shrine' from that appearing in the earlier illustrations (in the collotype, both paws are outstretched in front rather than partially folded under the body). So -- is there more than one carved wooden sleeping cat at the Nikko Toshogu Shrine? If there is more than one, this needs to be made much clearer in the initial section, for example, by stating that Nemuri-neko refers to a style of sleeping cat made famous by the work of Hidari Jingorō at Tōshō-gū Shrine. It would also be useful to note how many of these images occur at the Shrine. (Note that the diacritics are missing from the word Toshogu in the collotype caption). 180.200.149.87 (talk) 22:07, 17 February 2016 (UTC)