animal deities
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komainu 狛犬
guardian dog


J 212 056
guardia, deity at Mount Kôya-san

pair of komainu:
un-gyô (mouth closed) + a-gyô (mouth open)



D 204 237



D 297 783
Sumiyoshi-taisha shrine- Ôsaka

D 297 784
Sumiyoshi-taisha


J 214 295
Chion-ji temple - Ama-no-hashidate

J 214 293
Ama-no-hashidate


J 215 270
Sumiyoshi-taisha shrine - Ôsaka City

J 215 271
Sumiyoshi-taisha


J 215 274
Sumiyoshi-taisha
J 215 273
Sumiyoshi-taisha


D 273 434
  Itsukushima-jinja / Miyajima

J 214 416
 Itsukushima-jinja

D 273 431
Itsukushima-jinja


D 263 033
  Kurama-dera temple - Kurama

D 263 030
Kurama-dera - Kurama / Kyôto


D 267 542
Iwakuni City

D 267 544
Iwakuni


D 320 193
lion statue on the roof = shisâ


J 215 277
Yasaka-jinja shrine - Kyôto

D 251 517
Yasaka-jinja  (2)


J 214 421
Itsukushima-jinja - Miyajima

J 214 424
Itsukushima-jinja  (2)


J 218 221
Tsurugaoka-hachiman-gû shrine - Kamakura City

J 218 220
Tsurugaoka-hachiman-gû

singlee komainu statues

D 297 785
Sumiyoshi-taisha


J 212 056a
Kôya-san

J 212 056
Kôya-san


J 215 264
Gokoku-jinja shrine / Hiroshima

J 215 263
Gokoku-jinja


J 215 229
Wächterfigur mit Horn


J 228 383
Dazaifu-tenman-gu shrine - Dazaifu / Kyûshû

J 215 268
Sumiyoshi-taisha - Ôsaka


J 215 239
  Kitano-tenman-gû shrine - Kyôto

J 214 419
Itsukushima-jinja  (5)


J 215 237

J 215 232

J 228 384
Schrein Dazaifu-tenman-gû





J 215 309
Okazaki-jô castle - Okazaki

J 244 298
Tokiwa-jinja shrine - Mito City


J 215 261
one ear komainu

J 215 240
 Kitano-tenman-gû - Kyôto


J 212 311
mausoleum of Tokugawa Ieyasu - Tôsho-gû / Nikkô

D 252 898
  entrance gate to the grave of Tokugawa Ieyasu - Tôshô-gû


J 235 307
shrine in Himeji




J 223 243
Tôshô-gû shrine - Ueno / Tôkyô

J 223 244
Tôshô-gû - Ueno


J 235 306
shrine - Himeji