Justin Posted January 28, 2007 Report Posted January 28, 2007 I thought these were shishi, but when looking at them up close the face looks more like an oni. Any thoughts? Quote
John A Stuart Posted January 28, 2007 Report Posted January 28, 2007 Hi Justin, Certainly not shishi. Some kind of daemon/oni creature. The face reminds me of 'The Creature From The Black Lagoon'. John Quote
Nobody Posted January 28, 2007 Report Posted January 28, 2007 Undoubtedly, that looks Shishi to me. The variations of its style are very diverse. The Shishi in question is more like Shishi compared to the attached example. The following photo shows "Kara-Jishi (唐獅子)" by Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎) of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Ref. http://www.asahi.com/boston/gallery/02.html Quote
Brian Posted January 28, 2007 Report Posted January 28, 2007 I also thought it looks like shi-shi. Brian Quote
John A Stuart Posted January 28, 2007 Report Posted January 28, 2007 Hi All, I had always thought of shi shi being a dog, lion or deer representation. This seemed anthropomorphic, so, I delved deeper to find this representation and found Shshi-guchi,Ko-jishi and O-jishi masks used in kabuki. Is that how this form originated? Otherwise it was an animal spirit. I hadn't seen this form before. John Quote
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