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china where it developed into the guardian lion that was later exported to korea, japan, and okinawa. during the nara period ( – ), as in the rest of asia, the pair always consisted of two lions. [ ] used only indoors until the th century, they were made mainly of wood. during the heian period ( – ), for
one had its mouth open and was called shishi (獅子, lion) because, as before, it resembled that animal. the other had its mouth closed, looked rather like a dog, was called komainu, or " goguryeo dog", and sometimes had a single horn on its head. [ ] gradually the animals returned to be identical, but for...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komainu