The Japanese name for the raccoon-dog, Nyctereuctes procyonoides. In folklore the animal is credited with supernatural powers, including [shapeshifting], money counterfeiting, and most notably of expanding its already very large scrotum to use as a drum or a weapon. Tanuki statues are a popular part of Japanese kitsch, portraying a jolly, plump little anthropomorphization of the creature, usually with a [straw hat], a bottle of sake, a purse of bills for his [carousing], and of course his big wrinkly testicles dragging on the ground between his feet.

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