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Shigaraki ware is a type of stoneware pottery made in the Shigaraki area in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Figures representing the Japanese racoon dog (tanuki) are included as a popular product of Shigaraki ware.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigaraki_ware; https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BF%A1%E6%A5%BD%E7%84%BC

Japanese racoon dog (Nyctereutes viverrinus): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_raccoon_dog

White clover (Trifolium repens) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trifolium_repens and Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taraxacum_officinale

Japanese maple (Acer palmatum): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_palmatum

Thistle (Thistle) flowers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thistle and wild mustard (Rhamphospermum arvense; Sinapis arvensis) flowers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhamphospermum_arvense

Sakura or Somei-yoshino cherry blossom (Prunus × yedoensis): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus_%C3%97_yedoensis flowers.