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Noun Concept
Categories: Statues of lions, Objects believed to protect from evil, Mythological lions, Mythological canines, Japanese Buddhist architecture
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komainu  Koma-inu  lion-dog
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Komainu, often called lion-dogs in English, are statue pairs of lion-like creatures, which traditionally guard the entrance or gate of the shrine, or placed in front of or within the honden of Japanese Shinto shrines. Wikipedia
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Komainu, often called lion-dogs in English, are statue pairs of lion-like creatures, which traditionally guard the entrance or gate of the shrine, or placed in front of or within the honden of Japanese Shinto shrines. Wikipedia
Statues mainly found in Shinto shrines Wikidata
Carved stone statues of stylized lions that guard the entrance to some Japanese temples or shrines. Wiktionary
IS A
statue
ZH
靈獸
PART OF
Japanese mythology
BASED ON
Chinese guardian lions
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
Japan
LOCATION
Shinto shrine
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komainu
Wikidata
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komainu
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komainu
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Koma-inu
Wikidata Alias
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lion-dog

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