#Japanese raccoon dog

[m197432k]

[tanukipaws]

made this for all my other tanukis out there

[beastsdaily]

DAY 7: TANUKI

also known as Japanese Racoon Dog, or Nyctereutes viverrinus

Fun Fact: the words Tanuki and Mujina can both be used to refer to either tanukis or japanese badgers. like one region might call the japanese raccoon dog Tanuki whereas another region might call it Mujina, and vice versa for japanese badges

[tikuo2007]

『ホンドタヌキ』

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[coopbella]

this is a japanese raccoon dog/tanuki and bluebird appreciation post. they have nothing to do with each other, i just think they're both really cute.

[kndbrainrot]

3 and a Tanuki

[hollysmakingstuff]

If Tom Nook was in over the garden wall

[kyotodreamtrips]

A tanuki in front of the Keimei Waterfall in Kōka, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Courtesy of Wikipedia: The tanuki has a long history in Japanese legend and folklore. Bake-danuki (化け狸) are a kind of tanuki yōkai (supernatural beings) found in the classics and in the mythology and legends of various places in Japan. Although the tanuki is a natural, extant animal, the bake-danuki in literature has always been depicted as a strange, even supernatural animal. The earliest appearance of the bake-danuki in literature is in the chapter about Empress Suiko in the Nihon Shoki written during the Nara period. There are such passages as "in two months of spring, there is tanuki in the country of Mutsu (春二月陸奥有狢), they turn into humans and sing songs (化人以歌)". Bake-danuki subsequently appears in such classics as the Nihon Ryōiki and the Uji Shūi Monogatari. In some regions of Japan, bake-danuki is reputed to have abilities similar to those attributed to kitsune (foxes): they can shapeshift into other things or people and possess human beings.

[sonofshermy]

"Ivory netsuke in the form of Tanuki, Japanese raccoon dog, carrying his large scrotum. Tanuki is a mischievous figure in Japanese mythology. He is a Japanese raccoon dog, commonly associated with excessive drinking and gluttony, but also a bringer of good luck."

[pinkypride]

The contrast between the title and the image make this a true piece of journalism

https://nypost.com/2019/05/29/absolutely-mad-raccoon-dogs-are-terrorizing-this-small-english-village/amp/

[shyblacksheep]

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[tanukipaws]

me and my fiance watched the studio ghibli movie pom poko (surprisingly i just heard about it for the first time the other day) and i honestly loved it so much, it gave me big tanuki shifts and i loved seeing all the japanese folklore!! although the english dub did call them "raccoons" the whole time which is sad.. but it's okay!! amazing movie and def will watch again

[the-evil-clergyman]

Weightlifting, from a untitled series of Tanuki by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1843-44)

[japonesices]

Japanese Shadow Puppets 1910s by Blue Ruin 1

A boy using a shoji (paper sliding door) to perform a kagebōshi (shadow play) for his younger sister, with a yukidaruma (snowman) holding a fan and a tanuki (raccoon dog) holding a bottle of sake.

[evenstevenh]

Rintaro's humble little shop

[antelopefriendcorner]

My legacy will never burn down What you gonna do when it's your turn now? Dance with the devil, don't pull her into bed Anyone's a hero with a bullet in the head

Baika Clan, Merci's former ninja comrades from way back when... as in, way back.

Their number include arrogant tanuki leader Zenichi, self-interested iriomote cat Utaha, and thuggish serow enforcer Nagito, all single-mindedly dedicated to the old ways even centuries after the death of their cult leader sensei, felled by a young Merci's hands in a traitorous act of rebellion that they haven't forgotten.