Nihon Ken Art

Crispy

Sorry about the spam but... I couldn't find the other thread (I thought there was one, anyway) of Nihon Ken art... but I was poking around on google and found this website:

http://homepage2.nifty.com/kosenikki/newpage186.html

There are some pretty cute drawings of Kai, Shikoku and Hokkaido... even a Mino Shiba and a few western breeds!

Crispy

http://homepage2.nifty.com/kosenikki/newpage11.html the main page

Hinata23

I love the one with the Shikoku and the ball. Reminds me of ChoCho

Hinata23

And the one with the Kai getting its face squished! lol

Zinja

Can anyone translate the border Collie looking dog's caption on the top right? The dog looks like Mochi.

curlytails

What a charming page and lovely sketches!

I'll take a stab at the collie dog... I think the caption is describing it as some family's dog (not the artist's), nicknamed Koro-chan. He lives in an area famous for koro-kaki (a variety of dried persimmons). On that day, Koro-chan was mixed in with bushels of fruit on the back of the truck, just watching everyone at work...

Crispy

source = http://www.iinurepublic.com/

No Kishu though!
omg, I want basically... everything that has a Malamute or a Shikoku on it now.

curlytails

@Crispy Haha, those are great! I love the way they differentiated the Shiba from the Akita.

thegela

@crispy those are so cute!! gives me ideas!

PoetikDragon

lol at the bull dog akita face

Crispy

@curlytails @poeticdragon - I appreciated the little differences - I think they did pretty well with keeping the breeds easy to identify even without the labels for how simple the design is.

@thegela - If you make anything. I need to see it. :1 Need. Need cute.

thegela

hahah okay! I"ll let you know! @crispy