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Pair of Lion Statues (Shishi)
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Sculpture |
| Title: Pair of Lion Statues (Shishi) | | Material: | glazed ceramics |
| | Place of Origin: Seto area, Aichi Prefecture, Japan | | Date: Edo Period, 18th century | |
| Credit: gift of Josephine Aiko Onodera and Misha and June Rudolph | | Object No.: 2002.001.005a-b |
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Sculpted lions as guardian figures are often placed alongside the main approaches to Shintō shrines. A practice that originated in China with the placement of stone lions on the approaches to palaces. In the Seto area of central Japan, long a production center for ceramics, the practice arose of giving small ceramics guardian lions to shrines as votive figures. This delightful pair is an example.
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