"Characters":
Fruits
Basket's basis is the old legend of the Sino-Japanese Zodiac animals.
Once upon a time, a god had
troubles finding names for the count of years. So he invited all the animal
to a party the next day. In the letters, he mentionned that the years would
be named after the first twelve animals to arrive at the party.
The cat, who was very lazy
asked his neighbour, the rat, to read the letter for him and the rat thinking
how to get rid of a rival, told him the party would be held to days from
then.
The cow, who was very slow,
departed on the eve to be sure to be on time but he didn't know that the
rat was hidden on his head. When he arrived, he thought he was first but
before he could greet the god, the rat jumped to the ground and paid his
respect first! Then, arrived the tiger, the rabbit (or hare - depends on
where you are, Japan or China), the dragon, the snake, the horse, the sheep
(or goat), the monkey, the rooster, the dog and last but not least, the
boar (or pig).
While all the animals (the
twelve and others) were partying, the cat was dreaming, longing for the
next day.
He was well disappointed
the following morning to hear he had missed the party.
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Shigure and many of the other characters are cursed by the Spirit of the Junishi animals (plus the cat) Shiguré is possessed by the Spirit of the dod. |
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figurine :
Then : rat, cow, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake...
Horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, boar...
And the cat (because I like Kyo very much)
Composition: white clay, acrylic
paint
average diameter : 5cm
Junishi