The Official Tanuki Tournament Thread

[Nigel]

Greetings Froggy,

....arrange more ladies to sit in the fancy big box and wave handkerchiefs....

Did you, by any chance, slightly misinterpret the time (by a few hundred years) and location (by a few thousand miles)?
Here, let me take away your handkercief and present you this fan.

I do compliment you on your new kimono, though. An excellent piece of silk art.
While we wait for the next match to happen, allow me, in the absence of books (what are books?), to entertain you with my skills in calligraphy.