SCULPTURE TETE DE LION
Des sculptures en bois ressemblant à des lions shishi (獅子) or Kara Shishi (唐獅子) sont habituellement utilisées comme éléments d'architecture. Elles sont placées aux sommets de pilliers sous l'avant-toit des temples bouddhistes et des sanctuaires shintos. Leur rôle est de repousser les esprits diaboliques.
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Wooden shishi (獅子) or Kara Shishi (唐獅子) carvings are commonly used as decorative and protective architectural elements (kibana 木鼻 or decorated beam-ends), placed under the eaves of both Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples to ward off evil spirits.
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Wooden shishi (獅子) or Kara Shishi (唐獅子) carvings are commonly used as decorative and protective architectural elements (kibana 木鼻 or decorated beam-ends), placed under the eaves of both Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples to ward off evil spirits.