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Shisa; Sisza; shisa; сиса; Shīsā; Shisa; 風獅爺; Shisa; Шиса (митология); Shīsā; Shisa; 風獅爺; hong-sai-iâ; シーサー; ชีซา; hong-sai-iâ; шіса; Şisa; しーさー; hong-sai-iâ; 風獅爺; 시사; shīsā; Shisa; 风狮爷; Shīsā; traditional Ryukyuan decoration; 沖縄県などでみられる伝説の獣の像; löwenähnliches Kulturartefakt; Son seres mitológicos japoneses típicos de la cultura Ryukyu presente en la prefectura de Okinawa; Shisā; Shīsa; Koma-inu; Shīsā; Koma inu; シーサ; シィーシィー; シーシ－; Shisa; Siisaa; hong-sai; сіса; シーサー; Shisa; siisaa; shisa; shīsa; Wind Lion God; shiisaa; 魔除獅子; 沖繩獅子; 風獅; 石獅爺; 石獅公; шиса

shīsā 

traditional Ryukyuan decoration
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Subclass of	statue
Named after	lion (Okinawan)
Country of origin	Ryukyu Kingdom
Based on	Chinese guardian lions
Inception	1689
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English: Shisa, representation of a cross between a lion and a dog, from Okinawan mythology in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.

• A legendary creature from Kyushu and Okinawa Prefecture, often seen as Gate guardians (Asia).

日本語: シーサーに関するカテゴリ

中文：​琉球獅子

See also

Other Asian gate guardian representations include:

• Category:Chinese lions — common representation of guardian lions in pre-modern China
• Category:Komainu — pairs of lion-like creatures at Japanese Shinto shrines
• Category:Snow Lion — celestial animal of Tibet
• Category:Wind Lion God

Category:Statues of lions in Japan Category:Gate guardians (statues) in Japan Category:Amulets of Japan Category:Culture of Okinawa prefecture Category:Sculptures in Okinawa prefecture Category:Suanni

Pages in category "Category:Shisa"

• Category:Shisa in Japan
• Category:Shisa statues in blue
• Category:Two shisas
• File:2 Chome Asato, Naha-shi, Okinawa-ken 902-0067, Japan - panoramio.jpg
• File:2013-07-23 Shisa on roof at Taketomijima.jpg
• File:2015-12-16 Yonekoyaki 石垣島米子焼シーサーDSCF2072.jpg
• File:2016-02-27 Shisa in Taketomi-jima 竹富島のシーサー DSCF2887.jpg
• File:2016-02-27 Shisa in Taketomi-jima 竹富島のシーサー DSCF2889.jpg
• File:2018-01-13 Shisa in New Ishigaki Airport 新石垣空港 DSCF9575.jpg
• File:Coca-Cola Okinawa can.jpg
• File:Guardian figure at Naminoue Shrine, Naha, Okinawa, Japan - October 2015.jpg
• File:Guardian pair, 2 of 2, Shishi (lion), Japan, possibly Kyoto or Shiga prefecture, 1000s-1100s AD, wood - Portland Art Museum - Portland, Oregon - DSC08497.jpg
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• File:Indigo Dye Studio, Okinawa World 20120506.jpg
• File:Indigo Dye Studio, Okinawa World 20160613.jpg
• File:Ishigaki Shiisa.JPG
• File:Ishigaki yaimamura morita house 1.jpg
• File:Ishigaki yaimamura morita house 2.jpg
• File:Itoman City Central Library.JPG
• File:JP 沖繩 Okinawa 那霸市 Naha City 國際通 Kokusai Street brown standing statue shisa 壺屋燒 巨大 February 2026 N13P 01.jpg
• File:JP 沖繩 Okinawa 那霸市 Naha City 國際通 Kokusai Street brown standing statue shisa 壺屋燒 巨大 February 2026 N13P 02.jpg
• File:JP 沖繩 Okinawa 那霸市 Naha City 國際通 Kokusai Street brown standing statue shisa 壺屋燒 巨大 February 2026 N13P 03.jpg
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• File:Little world, Aichi prefecture - Shīsā.jpg
• File:Lone Ryukyu Shisa Dog in tree.jpg
• File:Makishi2012.JPG
• File:Manhole Shisa.jpg
• File:Mirai Ginoza Shisa.jpg
• File:Miyako Airport Okinawa Japan07n4592.jpg
• File:Miyakojima-Shisa.jpg
• File:Naminoue-Shrine-mainhall.JPG
• File:Okimono Shisa.jpg
• File:Okinawan lion guardian statue - Tokyo area - Jan 2017.jpg
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• File:Okinawan Shisa Dog Ryukyu festival.jpg
• File:Okinawan shisa.JPG
• File:Okinawan shīsā.jpg
• File:Pandanus utilis and sculpture of lion in front of Ryukyu Mura Park.jpg
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• File:Rooftop Shisa lion, Taketomijima, Okinawa, Japan.JPG
• File:Santa shisa @ Yachimun Street サンタシーサー(やちむん通り).jpg
• File:Sculpture of lion and Ishigando in front of MaxValue Makishi Shopping Mall.JPG
• File:Sculpture of Lion at west end of Kokusai-Tori Street.jpg
• File:Sculptures of lions in yard near parking area of Shuri Castle.JPG
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• File:Shisa - stone guardian dogs.jpg
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• File:Shisa face symbol.jpg
• File:Shisa in Naha Airport.jpg
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• File:Shisa Mask (3146713678).jpg
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• File:Shisa on the gate of the telescope Station in Ishigaki Japan.jpg
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• File:Shisa on the tail of a plane.jpg
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• File:Shisa on vending machines (cropped).jpg
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• File:Shisa standing.jpg
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• File:Shīsā.jpg
• File:StoneLion at Uchaya-Udun RK.jpg
• File:Sīsā Statue, Makishi (17176788819).jpg
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• File:Taketomi traditional houses (51922962052).jpg
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• File:The Bank of Japan, Naha Branch (17176060449).jpg
• File:The big Shisa of Zanpa 2015.jpg
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• File:View at a shop in Naha 2015.jpg
• File:Voyage au Japon (2013) (8895805267).jpg
• File:Zampa Grand Lion 20150317.JPG
• File:おきなわワールド - panoramio.jpg
• File:ガラス工房 清天 (41534505704).jpg
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• File:名護市のシーサー.JPG
• File:国際通り - panoramio.jpg
• File:日本最南端のローソン 2006 (135881726).jpg
• File:玉泉洞王國村 Tamaizumihora Kindom Village - panoramio.jpg
• File:石垣やいま村 - panoramio.jpg
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• File:竹富郵便局 2010 (4779210987).jpg
• File:黒島のシーサーP1243497.jpg

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