Japanese raccoon dog pups
Tanuki -raccoon dogs- so cute right?
In the mid-1840s, Ukiyo-e master Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) created a number of woodblock prints showing legendary tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides) using their humorously large scrota in creative ways.
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"All-purpose tanuki testicles (prints by Kuniyoshi)": [source: Pink Tentacle, 23 June, 2009]
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Coming and Going
Making Mochi
Visiting Konpira, the guardian deity of seafaring
River Fishing
Shelter from evening showers
Making Dashi (soup stock)
Boy's Festival
Cause of chronic abdominal pain
Shichifukujin (the Seven Lucky Gods) Disguise
Net Fshing
Fortune-telling Tent
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River Crossing
Rokurokubi (long-necked monster) Disguise
Weightlifting
Catfish Mallet
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