komainu, or lion-dog, kanazawa, japan. translation: prosperity from daikokuten (one of the seven lucky gods

agyou ancient asian beautiful buddhist chinese closed mouth dog evil gods guardian lion historic historical history horn identical india japan japanese kami komainu korea liondog old open pair protector religion religious repel rope sacred sculpture shide shimenawa shinto shishi shrine statue stone symbol temple traditional ungyou ward zigzag lion-dog kanazawa japan translation: prosperity daikokuten one seven lucky imohoritougorou jinja