Cultural References
The Japanese idiom neko ni koban (猫に小判, literally, "gold coins for cats"?) is an equivalent for casting pearls before swine.
The Maneki Neko is often depicted holding a koban, though the koban most Maneki Neko hold is indicated to be worth ten million ryō.
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