I got a vintage frog tea pot from Japan in the 1970s I can’t believe I ever let myself forget the beauty and whimsy in the world
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Did you know ?
In China, the frog has long been associated with water and rain. Frogs acted as messengers of floods and formed the retinue of the Prince of the River. Since it was believed that frog eggs fall to the ground along with rain or dew, frogs were also called “heavenly hens” (“tien-chi”).
@china @frogs @frogsbtw
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Spotted Narrowmouth Frog (Kalophrynus interlineatus), family Microhylidae, Shenzhen, China
photographs by Francis Cosquieri
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I need to stop reading Priest novels set in the present day bc she just cannot stop making her main characters cops or besties with cops
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context: A “baby frog-selling” craze swept China last year, gaining popularity among customers and online observers.
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Series: Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual (Jieziyuan huazhuan 芥子園畫傳). Illustrated woodblock-printed book. Page showing frog and waterweed. China, ca 1700.
(via British Museum)
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r3 on choujigen talking about moepi's frog and shuu says frogs can change colour (カエルは変えられる) and like a compulsion she and houmin had to add the カエルだけに
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