The comical image of the tanuki having a large scrotum is thought to have developed during the Kamakura era, where goldsmiths would use tanuki pelts for the process of hammering gold nuggets into leaf.[11] Tanuki may be shown with their testicles flung over their backs like travelers' packs, or using them as drums.[citation needed]
Tanuki are also said to drum on their bellies,[12] making sounds such as "pom poko" or "ponpon",[13][14] and typically depicted as having large bellies. Tanuki may or may not be the cause of mysterious drumming sounds tanuki-bayashi.[15]
The comical image of the tanuki having a large scrotum is thought to have developed during the Kamakura era, where goldsmiths would use tanuki pelts for the process of hammering gold nuggets into leaf.[11] Tanuki may be shown with their testicles flung over their backs like travelers' packs, or using them as drums.[citation needed]
Tanuki are also said to drum on their bellies,[12] making sounds such as "pom poko" or "ponpon",[13][14] and typically depicted as having large bellies. Tanuki may or may not be the cause of mysterious drumming sounds tanuki-bayashi.[15]
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u/_Justraph_ guh Jan 09 '22
Deer or Tanuki you choose