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Shisa are wards, believed to protect from some evils. People place pairs of shisa on their rooftops or flanking the gates to their houses, with the left shisa traditionally having a closed mouth, the right one an open mouth. [1] The open mouth shisa traditionally wards off evil spirits, and the closed mouth shisa keeps good spirits in.
Meant to ward off evil spirits, modern komainu statues usually are almost identical, but one has the mouth open, the other closed (however, exceptions exist, where both komainu have their mouth either open or closed [4]). The two forms are called a-gyō (阿形, lit. ' "a" shape ') and un-gyō (吽形, lit.
Caption: A shisa, or lion-headed dog. In Okinawan tradition these figures act in pairs to guard a home. This closed mouthed shisa is considered the more powerful of the two. It guards against mischievous spirits. This shows the full body of a shisa against a contrasting background. Sidelighting reveals details of the musculature, mane, and tail.
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The mouth closed shisa is thus saying "nn" or "mm" as the end of the same alphabet. There is little evidence supporting this theory, but the unique similarities are striking. It is possible that the Japanese and other parts of Asia have deeper roots to the Western world than archeological records indicate.
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Shisa face Source I (— Finemann ) created this work entirely by myself. Date 06:11, 22 December 2010 (UTC) Author — Finemann Permission (Reusing ...