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@Shadow Venom For what it's worth, there are statues next to Tori gates. What you said was a Chinese lion was probably at least intended to be a Japanese Komainu(Koma-lion, inu-dog). There are a lot of things in Japan that have their roots in ancient China.

 
@Shadow Venom For what it's worth, there are statues next to Tori gates. What you said was a Chinese lion was probably at least intended to be a Japanese Komainu(Koma-lion, inu-dog). There are a lot of things in Japan that have their roots in ancient China.

It's possible that I don't know enough about Japanese culture. Thank you for the reminder. That's one of the charms of visual art – you can always learn a lot through visuals.
 
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