Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- cattle in religion and mythology
- Subclass of
- papier-mâché
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Depicts
- cattle
- Image
- Akabeko0926.jpg
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- Commons category
- Akabeko
- indigenous to
- Aizu
- color
- red
- from narrative universe
- Japanese folklore
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thumb|An Akabeko toy
is a legendary cow from the Aizu region of Japan who inspired a traditional toy. In legend, Akabeko was present at the building of the Enzō-ji temple of Yanaizu in the ninth century and became a permanent fixture there, with some stories saying the animal was turned to stone.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “akabeko” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.