TOP JAPAN 8 Animals in JAPANESE Culture / Tradition History and Mythology
There are some animals that play a very important role in Japanese culture. The tradition, history and mythology of Japan is full of fantastic tales and wonderful beings! Today we are going to talk about the animals that have the most impact, the most tradition within Japanese culture and mythology. Like all cultures, they have their animals that represent something to society. We have chosen 8 animals, not all of these animals are exclusive to Japan, there are some of these animals that exist in other places, at least some variant of these animals, so they are not animals that are unique to Japan, there are also, but that would be another story but they are animals that for hundreds of years some even thousands of years have a very strong weight within culture, religion, literature, art, etc.
Tombo / Dragonfly
And well, let's start directly with an animal that is always closely related to the samurai, which is the "tombo" which is the dragonfly, this animal is represented a lot in paintings or paintings because it represents moving forward, perseverance and that is why it is He also represented the samurai with this symbol. Even in fabric prints, yukata prints, kimono prints, bags, etc. they really like to use the "tombo"