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Noun Concept
IT
komainu
EN
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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IS A
statua
ZH
靈獸
PART OF
mitologia giapponese
BASED ON
leoni guardiani cinesi
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
Giappone
LOCATION
jinja
Wikipedia Translations
IT
komainu

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