Show us your Tanuki....

[aquitori]

How many of you have a Tanuki by your pond for goodluck or just have one in general...if so show us your Tanuki....

[bekko]

Hey! We have one of those things. Never knew it had a name or what it was. The wife hates it and stuck it over by the water lily barrels. First thing tomorrow morning I am going to check to see if it has oversized testicles - like they mentioned in the google search.

-steveh op

[dick benbow]

so you think that every pond should have a whimsical badger, that like "whimpy" will gladly pay you tuesday for a hamburger today...? I have a welcoming cat at the entrance to my japanese garden, a stone frog and several stone lanterns but no badger...

[kingkong]

No pond is complete without a Tanuki!

[Sangreaal]

OMG! I've GOT to have one of those!

[keokoi]

I walked outside this AM and was taking a pic of the Tanuki in front of my door.. My neighbor looked at me like what the hell are you doing

I found this Tanuki my last trip to Japan. The bad part is I found it my 2nd day there. So I had to lug is around for 4 more days.. It was made in Tokoname, JP famous for many clay goods in Japan.

By the way the word tanuki is also used in Bonsai for a Graft onto a piece of driftwood making it look a part of the live tree...


Joe

[kingkong]

That's right Joe, I thought I would expand. The Japanese consider a tanuki a "Badger" which to their beliefs is a sneak or trickster. In Bonsai it is considered a fake tree with new plant added to dead wood.
In the USA we call such a creation a "phoenix graft" like the phoenix bird in Greek Mythology, meaning rising or reborn in glorious artistic vision. Since I have spent countless hours creating a few tanuki trees, I prefer the second description myself.

[Sangreaal]

Quote: Originally Posted by kingkong That's right Joe, I thought I would expand. The Japanese consider a tanuki a "Badger" which to their beliefs is a sneak or trickster. In Bonsai it is considered a fake tree with new plant added to dead wood. In the USA we call such a creation a "phoenix graft" like the phoenix bird in Greek Mythology, meaning rising or reborn in glorious artistic vision. Since I have spent countless hours creating a few tanuki trees, I prefer the second description for my trees.

Wow... *speechless* ...how do you do it?

[dcny]

Gary, nice tree!!!

[junglegeorge12]

Those things are wild. What looks like breasts, a massive sack, and a bonzai stalk, why?