talonabraxas: Kotobuki‘Fantastic Beast of Good Fortune’Enrosai Shigemitsu, c. 1845The ko
talonabraxas: Kotobuki‘Fantastic Beast of Good Fortune’Enrosai Shigemitsu, c. 1845The kotobuki is an auspicious chimera whose body contains parts from all twelve animals of the zodiac. It has the head of a rat, the ears of a hare, the horns of an ox, the comb of a rooster, the beard of a sheep, the mane of a horse, the neck of a dragon, the back of a boar, the shoulders and belly of a tiger, the front legs of a monkey, the rear legs of a dog, and the tail of a snake. -- source link