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(Japanese Tosa, Tosa-Inu, Tosa-Ken) The Tosa is a gigantic dog with a large, strong head and a square muzzle.
The Tosa, also called the Tosa-Inu or Tosa-Ken, is a stately, massive dog. Athletic and surprisingly agile. The head is large, with a broad skull, fairly abrupt stop, and a moderately long, squared-off muzzle. The jaws are very powerful.
The TOSA INU is known more commonly as the Tosa-Ken or Tosa-Token originated in Japan and was bred as a fighting dog.
Japanese Fighting Dog, Tosa, Tosa Fighting Dog, Japanese Mastiff, Tosa-Ken, Tosa-Token, Japanese Tosa
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It is not another word but basically the Sino-Japanese pronunciation (on-reading) of the same "dog-Kanji" 犬, as KEN, instead of INU (kun-reading, indigenous Japanese reading). Both are correct, but the expression Tosa-Ken is more generally ...
 See also: Mastiff, Great Dane, Shikoku, Bulldog, Bull Terrier
  
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