Description
ともに前肢を揃えて臥す姿で、形状や制作技法的にみて一対のものとして作られたものであろう。両方とも口を大きく開いていて、後世の狛犬のように阿吽（あうん）に形式化していないところが注目される。毛筋を蹴彫（けりぼ）りで表し、一方の獅子の胴には斑点（はんてん）が刻まれている。
Data source
ColBase
"ColBase: Integrated Collections Database of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Japan" is a service that enables a multi-database search of the collections in the four national museums (To...
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Aggregator
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
The National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (NICH) comprise four National Museums (Tokyo National Museum, Kyoto National Museum, Nara National Museum, and Kyushu National Museum) and two National Research Institutes for Cultural Properties (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, and Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties), as well as the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) in Sakai City, for a total of seven institutions.
Last updated
May 25, 2026