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Thank you, Jussi.  That's more than I knew before.  I hadn't sat down and tried to translate the origami yet.  With the help of your findings, I also did a search and found a kabuto with a similar theme.  My tsuba is highly reflective and perhaps that is on purpose with the theme of moonlight on the water.

 

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This reminds me of the 'Tanuki Menuki' thread 6 months ago.  These ko-kinko creature depictions seem to be less defined by their appearance and more so by their context.  A lot of them seem to have a similar head and ear shape regardless of what the animal is actually supposed to be.  In the case of these menuki (misidentified as tanuki by the seller)@Bugyotsuji identified them as kitsune because of the objects in their mouths and the symbol on their tails.

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