agyou 阿形
KEY WORD : art history / sculptures
 
A statue of a figure with its mouth open. Usually seen on one of a pair of guardian kings *Niou 仁王, or guardian lion figures *komainu 狛犬, set at temple and shrine entrances.
 
 

 
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*a un 阿吽
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