狛犬狛犬
神社の入口を守る一対の像。口を開けた「阿」と閉じた「吽」で、始まりと終わりを表すといわれます。
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見分け方
- Usually a pair, facing each other or the path
- One open mouth, one closed
- Stone, bronze or wood; sometimes a ball or a cub under a paw
似ているもの
- 稲荷の狐 — Slim foxes with pointed ears and bushy tails, often holding something in their mouths, mean an Inari shrine.
- 仁王 — Large muscular human figures inside a gate are Niō — temple guardians, not komainu.
見られる場所
日光東照宮嚴島神社（宮島）Komainu Guardian StatuesNi no Torii Second Torii GateTakachiho ShrineIronwork Guardian Dogs (Komainu)Takino’o Takatokusui-jinja ShrineUeno Toshogu Shrine: Shaden (Main Building)Takachiho Shrine: Iron Guardian Statues and Sacred StoneMitsumine Jinja Shrine
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