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The Screenshots dont represent the detail of the model. Much of the detail in the screenshots seems to come from the texture not the actual model.
SHIGARAKI TANUKI is a fortune racoon statue.
Shigaraki area in Shiga prefecture JAPAN is one of the six old kilns in Japan and produces fine stoneware pottery. It is said that the first “Shigaraki Tanuki” was made in the late 19th century by a famous pottery Fujiwara Tetsuzo who saw(!) a raccoon enjoying playing music by making a sound by drumming his belly on a full moon night. Tanuki means a raccoon in English and also implies “TA = others” “NUKI = surpass”. Therefore, people who run a business are willing to place this imaginary animal at the entrance to get lucky.