Traditional Japanese Dogs 
Sakura , my Kisyu Inu, came to my house in
March. I don't know about the Kisyu Inu.
I don't know how many kinds of the traditional
Japanese Dogs are there in Japan or all of
the world. I looked for the web sites, where
the articles about some Japanese Dogs are
wrote. But unfortunetely there were only
a little. I want to know about them, about
their character ,and about their history.
So I made the webring for the Japanese Dog,
Now there are coming together several kinds of Japanese
Dogs. Here I'll introduce to you about them.
"Inu" means a dog in Japanese.
This is the old tale about the ancestor of
Kisyu Inu, passed down by word of mouth around
Wakayama Pref.
Once upon a time, there lived a good gun
man in Sakamoto village in Kinokuni(Wakayama
Pref.now). His name was Yakurou. One day
Yakurou found a wolf ,troubled with a piece
of bone sticking in its throat, on his way
home back from Singu. He helped the wolf.
When he let him go off, he said to the wolf
,"I want to have one of your children,
if you don't mind." After a while, one
little wolf baby was left at the door of
Yakurou's house. He named the baby Man, and
brought him up with tender care. Man became
a good hunting dog. He was called "Dog
of Yakurou" , and loved by every village
people.
When the Lord of Singuu came to go hunting
in the mountains,calling gun men together
from the villages around here, Yakurou joined
it with Man. Hunting was started. The lord
was watching the hunting from the top of
the mountain. A huge wild boar jumped on
the Lord. At that time, one dog attacked
that huge wild boar, so the Lord was rescued
from danger. The Lord asked to the village
people,"Whose dog is he?" They
answered, "This is Yakurou's dog in
Sakamoto Village." The Lord admired
his dog and gave him a lot of presents. Yakurou
went back to his village with Man.
The village people talked each other ,"Yakurou
and Man are great!" One day Aunt of
Yakurou told as follows; I hear this dog
was presented from the wolf. It is said that
the wolf attacks his master at last ,after
he killed one thousand animals. Only one
grasshopper is included in the number. He
has already killed about one thousand animals,
I think. If we don't kill Man now, he may
make a terrible affair." Man heard her
talking, he left Yakurou's house late at
that night, howling three times.
It is said that this dog of Yakurou is the
ancestor of the Kisyu Inu, and that the Kisyu
Inu is descended from the wolf.
As this, Japanese Dogs' anscestor is a wolf.
They have been breeded as hunting dogs. So
they are thought as wild, biolent, and unfriendly.
But they are not at all, now. On the contrary,
they are tender hearted, friendly, and very
cute. Please visit and see the members of
the webring Japanese Dog Lovers in Japan.
Akita Inu 
The ancestors of Akita Inu was hunting dogs in the Tohoku region, the north-east area
of Japan. They go hunting for bears with their master,
including the Lord of Akita. He ,also, encouraged to bring up Akita Inu for a fighting dog.Later Akita Inu became bigger because they
are mated with German dog or Tosa fighting
dog, and then they lost their characteristics. In 1919, Akita Inu was appointed as a naural
treasure first.When Miss Heren Keller visited Japan in 1925, she was presented an Akita Inu.
This dog is the first AkitaInu going abroad
to the USA, but he passed away ,getting distemper.
So another Akita Inu was presented to her
again.Now there are Japanese AkitaInu and
American AkitaInu. They are quite different
types of dogs.There is a famous story ,"Hati
Kou". He was very faithful. He used
to go the station to meet his master every
afternoon. He had waited there ever after
his master passed away, at the same time
everyday.
Kai Inu 
Kisyu Inu 
Sikoku Inu 
Shiba Inu 
Tosa Inu
Hokkaido Inu (Ainu Inu) 
Mikawa Inu
Ryukyu Inu
Japanese Chin
Japanese Spitz 
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