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Shisa (Japanese: シーサー, Hepburn: shīsā, Okinawan: シーサー, romanized: shiisaa) is a traditional Ryukyuan cultural artifact and decoration derived from Chinese guardian lions, often seen in similar pairs, resembling a cross between a lion and a dog, from Okinawan mythology. Shisa are wards, believed to protect from some evils.
The shīsā (シーサー), the stone animals that in Okinawa guard the gates or the roofs of houses, are close relatives of the shishi and the komainu, objects whose origin, function and symbolic meaning they share. [22] Their name itself is centuries old regional variant of shishi-san (獅子さん, lit. ' Mr. Lion '). [6]
Chinthe similar lion statues in Burma, Laos and Cambodia; Culture of China; Door god; Foo dog, dog breeds originating in China that resemble "Chinese guardian lions" and hence are also called Lion Dogs. Komainu to compare its use in Japanese culture; Haetae to compare with similar lion-like statues in Korea; Kanglā Shā a similar usage in ...
two statues of Magnolia compressa wood (オガタマノキ); after the 1771 Great Yaeyama Tsunami they were recovered from the coast of Sakieda Bay (崎枝湾) [7 24°20′38″N 124°09′20″E / 24.343812°N 124.155625°E / 24.343812; 124.155625 (
The Okinawan version of the shishi. Shishi The paired lion-dogs that guard the entrances of temples. Shōjō Red-haired sea sprites who love alcohol, believed by some to actually be orangutans. Shōkera A creature which peeks in through the skylights of old houses. Shuten-dōji The name of a particularly powerful oni lord killed by Minamoto no ...
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