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A tanuki (sake vendor), wearing a lotus leaf hat
His tongue is moveable. He is shown holding a sake bottle inscribed hachi ('eight', which is the trademark of sake producers) and a book inscribed kayoi ('order book')
Given by Dr Roy Hull