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The Komainu strongly resemble Chinese guardian lions and in fact originate from Tang dynasty China. [10] The Chinese guardian lions are believed to have been influenced by Asiatic lion pelts and lion depictions introduced through trade from either the Middle East or India , countries where the lion existed and was a symbol of strength. [ 11 ]
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.
This is in distinct opposition to the traditional English lion which is a lifelike depiction of the animal. The claws, teeth and eyes of the Chinese lion represent power. Few if any muscles are visible in the Chinese lion whereas the English lion shows its power through its life-like characteristics rather than through stylized representation.
The first release of the new OS — Mac OS X Server 1.0 — used a modified version of the Mac OS GUI, but all client versions starting with Mac OS X Developer Preview 3 used a new theme known as Aqua. Aqua was a substantial departure from the Mac OS 9 interface, which had evolved with little change from that of the original Macintosh operating ...
macOS Mojave (/ m oʊ ˈ h ɑː v i, m ə-/ mo-HAH-vee; version 10.14) is the fifteenth major release of macOS, Apple Inc.'s desktop operating system for Macintosh computers. Mojave was announced at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference on June 4, 2018, and was released to the public on September 24.
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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 .
10 Nurarihyon (ぬらりひょん), sometimes referred to as Nūrihyon, is a Japanese yōkai with a murky origin. He is known to sneak into houses and indulge in all of a household's fine goods, such as tea and tobacco. [ 29 ]