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Published: 2009-05-15 00:42:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 5344; Favourites: 95; Downloads: 0
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Description In Japan,
The fox was believed in as God of the farming once.
The fox is traced to having been a symbol of an abundant harvest and the wealth.
The stone statue of the fox is installed in one set of two bodies in a Shinto shrine called "inari".
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Comments: 8

jyoshi917 [2010-12-09 03:39:59 +0000 UTC]

I think your strongest pieces are when you implement cultural histories, social commentaries or just your view of the world that surrounds you. However, sometimes I think your description sounds more interesting than the design itself? It's not meant to be negative, but the story doesn't quite match up with the art just yet. Regardless, it's a beautiful drawing.

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R-chan [2010-04-16 03:18:19 +0000 UTC]

Beautifully done. It gives the impression of having lots of layers; makes me want to reach out and touch it.

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Tsailanza [2009-07-31 08:04:04 +0000 UTC]

I noticed that one of your inari foxes has a key in it's mouth and the other one has some sort of round object. why is that?

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HR-FM In reply to Tsailanza [2009-07-31 12:27:01 +0000 UTC]

---Please imagine the scenery of the old Japanese crop work.

A farmer harvests rice and puts it in the storehouse.
In "Inari(god of harvests)-faith",It was thought that "Inari-God" (god of harvests) of the abundant harvest dwelled in its rice.

Inari God is symbolized by a jewel-ball called "mikubi-dama".
The thing which can open up the door of the storehouse which worships "Inari-God" to reach an abundant harvest by a power of "Inari-God" is a "key".

The "key" was considered to be the acknowledgment of the staple grains abundant harvest and emblem of the prayer gradually.

"inari-fox" came to have the key in its mouth with a jewel ball gradually.
In old Japan,The fox was regarded as a beast with ability for supernatural phenomenon.

As another example,
There is the "inari-fox" which has objet of a scroll and the rice in its mouth.

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Tsailanza In reply to HR-FM [2009-07-31 17:01:38 +0000 UTC]

wow, I didn't know that. Thank you for this little insight on japanese culture . By the way, I like your style of art. Keep up the good work.

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HR-FM In reply to Tsailanza [2009-08-04 11:39:33 +0000 UTC]

thanks!

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Dzier [2009-05-15 03:47:06 +0000 UTC]

I love it *¬*!!

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DarknessInTheMorn [2009-05-15 02:24:23 +0000 UTC]

I love how this offers to different viewpoints of one statue, each different and yet the same.

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