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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.
The method originated in Japan in the early 1900s, with train drivers calling out the status of signals. Back in those days steam locomotives were common in use, with loud noises, steam and smoke making the cooperation between the two drivers difficult, and also making rail journeys dangerous.
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.
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.
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.
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2 Advanced techniques by declarer. 3 Techniques by defenders. Toggle the table of contents. List of play techniques (bridge) 1 language.
with closed mouth (sometimes abbreviated B.C.) bravura Boldness; as in con bravura, boldly, flaunting technical skill breit (Ger.) Broad bridge. Transitional passage connecting two sections of a composition, or between two A sections (e.g., in an A/B/A form).