Tanuki woodblock prints from the 19th century

The tanuki, or Japanese raccoon dog, is a canid famed for having large testicles and scrotum. The two woodblock prints above are selections from a collection of 18 posted at Pink Tentacle. They were created in the mid-1840s, and show the tanuki using their scrota in innovative ways - fishing and weightlifting depicted above, the others at the link.

Via Salon.