A mascot inspired by a painting: Torarin the Kyoto National Museum mascot

Toranin de Tora tigre et rin rinpa

Tora stands for tiger and « rin » for RInpa the Japanese school of Japanese painting.

It comes from this painting by the Rinpa school painter Ogata Korin (1658-1716).called Toranozu This ink painting shows a sitting tiger between bamboo shoots. The face of the tiger seems to be smiling itonically.

Torarin tweets https://twitter.com/TORARINOFFICIAL

has a blog and a website

source: https://www.spoon-tamago.com/2017/02/23/torarin-a-museum-mascot-inspired-by-an-18th-century-painting/