clipped from: www.pinktentacle.com In the mid-1840s, ukiyo-e master Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) created a number of woodblock prints showing legendary tanuki (raccoon dogs) using their humorously large scrota in creative ways.
River fishing
Shelter from evening showers
Rokurokubi (long-necked monster) disguise
Net fishing
Making dashi (soup stock)
Weightlifting
Catfish mallet
Coming and going
Making mochi
Visiting Konpira, the guardian deity of seafaring
Boy’s festival
Cause of chronic abdominal pain
Shichifukujin (the Seven Lucky Gods) disguise
Fortune-telling tent
Shop signs
River crossing
Towboat
Seine fishing