Manzai New Year

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manzai 漫才 . 万歳 / banzai 萬歳 New Year Dancers

Manzai Dancers by Hanabusa Itchō 英 一蝶
This print is at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

. Manzai and the New Year .
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Mikawa manzai 三河万歳（みかわまんざい）from Mikawa (Nagoya)
Yamato manzai 大和万歳（やまとまんざい）from Yamato (Nara)
Oowari manzai 尾張万歳（おわりまんざい）from Owari (Nagoya)

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................................................................................. Gifu 岐阜県
揖斐郡 Ibi district 揖斐川町 Ibigawa town / 漫才岩 Manzai-Iwa

. tanuki 狸 - mujina 狢 － racoon dog, badger legends .
A group of Manzai dancers coming from Aichi, 三河 Mikawa, were asked
to perform a dance by a man who was resting in the shadow of a rock.
They climbed the rock and danced.
The man gave them a lot of money, but when they reached the village, the money had turned into tree leaves.
The villagers told them that there lived a vicious tanuki 狸 badger near the rock.


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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -

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Tokyo 2020 Olympics

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Tokyo 2020 Olympics Mascots



Candidate A
A pair of futuristic digital characters will be the mascots for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics.

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東京2020オリンピック・パラリンピック競技大会
#2020マスコット
@Tokyo2020jp

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The Fox and Tanuki did not make it . . .
They were inspired by traditional fairy tales.


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Ryotsu Kankichi Manga

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Ryotsu Kankichi and Kochikame Manga
and temple 種徳院 Shutoku-In

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Kankichi Ryotsu (両津勘吉 Ryōtsu Kankichi), often affectionately called
"Ryo-san" (両さん Ryō-san),


is the main male protagonist/antagonist of the long-running Japanese manga and anime series Kochikame by Osamu Akimoto. He is appointed as the Chief Patrol Officer of the Kameari Kouen-Mae Police Box.

Ryoutsu is a middle-aged man of a rather short but robust stature, who sports a crew-cut hairstyle and noticeably thick bouts of body hair, plus visible stubble. His similarly extra thick and curvy 'm'-shaped unibrow is his most famed asset, and serves as the signature image associated with Kochikame in general due to its uniqueness and familiarity with local Japanese fans.

While on duty, he is always depicted wearing his blue police officer uniform, i.e. blue pants and coat which cover his white buttoned shirt underneath, plus black tie. Unlike most other police officers from the series who wear the same uniform as he, Ryotsu keeps his sleeves rolled up to just above the forearm, similar in fashion to Honda. He also has the tendency to favour wearing wooden sandals (called 'geta') whilst at work, but is able to run at rather tenaciously fast speeds with them on (which may, or may not be, the reason as to why he does not wear black shoes).

In his spare time, Ryotsu commonly wears shirts and long pants when out with the others. Holiday episodes set in summer or beach holiday spots usually have him wearing an island shirt with shorts, sunglasses and sandals. When in the midst of intense physical work, he appears to favour wearing white sleeveless tops and jeans or trousers, and may sometimes choose to go shirtless.

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source : kochikame.wikia.com/wiki

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Shuutoku-in 種徳院 Shutoku-In
栃木県佐野市戸奈良町960 Ibaraki, Sano town

Kankichi is one of the こち亀六地蔵 Kochikame Roku Jizo statues in the temple compound

こちら葛飾区亀有公園前派出所
The six statues are modeled after the characters of the Manga.



People come here to pray for traffic safety.

The temple was founded in 1438. The main hall now war rebuilt in  1853.
There is a large bell tower in the compound.
A hall for the Kannon Pilgrim Number 21 of the
Sano Bando pilgrimage to 33 Kannon temples.
佐野坂東三十三ヶ所の二十一版札所の観音堂.



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Jizoo Bosatsu 地蔵菩薩 Jizo Bosatsu Kshitigarbha .

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