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A pair of komainu, the "a" on the right, the "um" on the left. Komainu (狛犬), often called lion-dogs in English, are statue pairs of lion-like creatures, which traditionally guard the entrance or gate of the shrine, or placed in front of or within the honden (inner sanctum) of Japanese Shinto shrines.
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.
In Japan: the lion figures are known as Shishi (獅子, lion) or Komainu (狛犬, Korean dog) In Korea: known as Sanye (狻猊) In Myanmar and Laos: known as Chinthe, the namesake of the World War II Chindit soldiers; In Okinawa: known as Shisa; In Sri Lanka: known as Singha (සිංහ මූර්ති)
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[3] Kō no Moroyasu issued a decree in 1346 ordering the Bingo shugo to stop harassing the shrine. During the Sengoku period , the shrine was supported by Mōri Terumoto , and in the Edo Period it was supported by the Fukushima clan and the Mizuno clan who were daimyō of Fukuyama Domain .
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Luminous Arc is a series of tactical role-playing video games originally developed by Imageepoch, prior to the company's bankruptcy.The series began with the 2007 release of Luminous Arc for the Nintendo DS, with its most recent game being the 2015 Japan-only release of Luminous Arc Infinity.
One of the current dojo students is Shisa Boy. Mexican wrestler Pentagon Black spent several months in Dragon Gate as King Shisa. Introduced as the leader of the Shisa clan, King Shisa was pushed further than Super Shisa ever was, even going so far as to get a Dream Gate title shot. He was eventually outed as being Pentagon Black by the Muscle ...