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Dogs in the General LibraryCute dogs and pitiful dogs

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  1. Volume 2 of the third collection of Nanso Satomi Hakkenden (“The Eight Dog Chronicles”)
  Edited by Kyokutei Bakin, illustrated by Yanagawa Shigenobu (Nanki Bunko)This novel depicts the rise and fall of the Awa Satomi clan. It is composed of 98 volumes spread over a total of 106 books. The novel tells of eight warriors who were born as “spirit-children” of Satomi princess Fusehime, who was inspired by a divine dog named Yatsufusa. Each of the names of the eight warriors thus includes the Chinese character “犬” (“dog”). Accordingly, dogs are depicted on the cover of each book of the novel. Those shown on the front cover of Volume 2 of the third collection are adorably pudgy.

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  2. Volume 2 of Imayo Hakkenden (“The Modern Eight Dog Chronicles”)
  Created by Nisei Tamenaga Shunsui, illustrated by Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi (Seishu Bunko)Following the blockbuster hit kyogen play Satomi Hakkenden, Imayo Hakkenden was published as a series of six picture books. On the front cover of the second book, you can see three spotted dogs painted by Kuniyoshi, a famous painter of cats.

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  3. Setsubai Houdan Inu no Soshi (“Book of Dogs”) (Second book)
  Created by Ryutei Senka, illustrated by Ichiyosai Toyokuni (Seishu Bunko)A tubby dog that looks like it is wearing a “cooling” ring on its neck is depicted on the cover of the second book of Inu no Soshi, which is a collection of excerpts from Satomi Hakkenden.

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  4. Dobutsu Kunmo Shohen Honyurui (“Animal Encyclopedia Volume 1: Mammals”)
  Illustrated by Nakajima Gyozan and held by the Museum (Tanaka Yoshio Collection)The character “Yoshio Satonaka,” played by Seiko Ito in NHK’s TV drama Ranman, was created based on the true story of naturalist Yoshio Tanaka. This great man engaged in the organization of exhibitions and founding of museums and zoos as well as in the publication of an illustrated encyclopedia of animals. The encyclopedia has an entry on “Chin” dogs, following the introduction of ordinary dogs, and describes them as cat-sized pets to be kept indoors.

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  5. Kenku Yochikuden (“How to Raise a Dog”)
  (Created by Akatsuki Kanenaru, Tanaka Yoshio Collection)This is the only existing “how to raise a dog” book from the latter half of the Edo period (1603-1868). It was written by a writer and painter living in Osaka. The writer’s great fondness for dogs is clearly evident in the front cover, illustrations and indeed every sentence.

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  6. Inuoumono Zusetsu (“Diagram of the Inuoumono Sport”)
  Created by Ise Sadatake (Nanki Bunko)The sport of hunting dogs with bows from horseback was a required activity for samurais. In a manual on the sport written by a shogunate retainer, dogs are depicted with pitiful expressions (perhaps because they know their fate).

Dogs in the Library of Economics Engravings by William Hogarth (Okochi Collection)Using a self-portrait with a dog to satirize a rival

The Library of Economics owns collected by two economists, former 春雨直播app President Kazuo Okochi and former dean of the Faculty of Economics Akio Okochi. Hogarth is one of the most renowned British painters of the 18th century. Famous for his love of pugs, he depicted his pug “Trump” in several works, including his self-portrait.

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  Painter and his Pug (1801)Painter and his Pug is an engraving based on Hogarth’s 1745 self-portrait, which was an oil painting. According to the explanation given by Professor Kazuyoshi Oishi of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at the special exhibition of the Library of Economics’ Hogarth collection held at the Komaba Museum in 2023, Hogarth’s pug represents the painter’s own “pugnacious” character.

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  The Bruiser (1763)The artist also created The Bruiser as caricature of the satirist and clergyman Charles Churchill, who had lampooned Hogarth. Hogarth depicted Churchill as a bear cradling a pot of beer in its right paw and a club inscribed with “lyes” (meaning “lies”) in its left. In the caricature, a pug is urinating on Churchill’s Epistle to Hogarth, and Hogarth can be seen whipping a different bear.

春雨直播app’s KomainuKomainu statues watching over 春雨直播app’s research activities

Komainu (lion-dog) statues are often found at shrines. 春雨直播app also has some komainu statues.

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  Komainu of the Institute for Advanced Studies on AsiaA well-known pair of komainu statues on campus is placed at the entrance to the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia (IASA). According to Emeritus Professor Yasushi Oki, who knows a lot about the history of the Institute, the statues used to be at the entrance to the former Institute for Oriental Culture located in the Otsuka neighborhood of Tokyo. That institute had purchased the statues as historical materials in 1932. The Institute then merged with the IASA in 1948, and the building was subsequently used as a facility of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before being sold to Takushoku University in 1994, when the komainu statues were transferred to the IASA. “The pedestals and the patterns on the back imply that the statues are prestigious examples,” says Emeritus Professor Oki. “Statues as good as these are hard to find, even in China.”

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  Komainu statues belonging to the University MuseumStored in the University Museum is the head of a komainu statue that has been exposed to nuclear radiation. It was brought to the University in 1945 by a survey group led by then-Professor Takeo Watanabe. Although it was originally thought to have come from Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine in Hiroshima Prefecture, when then-Professor Tokuhei Tagai conducted a detailed survey in 2002, he concluded it very likely that the head had been a pillar ornament of Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki Prefecture. It is thus an important artifact of human history.

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  Komainu of the Komaba MuseumAt the entrance of the Komaba Museum, a pair of komainu statues welcome visitors.