Category:Shinshi, Kenzoku
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See also category: Komainu. See also category: Statues of Shinshi, Kenzoku.日本語: 神使（しんし）, 眷属（けんぞく）
- （→ 稲荷神社の神使（狐）の像は Category:Inari fox statues へ ・天満宮の神使（牛）の像は Category:Gagyū statues へ ・獅子･狛犬の像はCategory:Komainu へ）
- ※ なお「狛○○」という呼び方は狛犬から派生した俗称で正式ではない。
English: Shin･shi , Ken･zoku — (a pair of statues, or sometimes pictures and paintings, of) various animals that were believed to act as gate guardians/messengers of Gods
- in Shintō shrines and some Buddhist temples in Japan.
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Media in category "Shinshi, Kenzoku"
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Shinshi 001.jpg 4,288 × 2,848; 4.59 MB
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鹿苑の神鹿、Deer known as messenger from god - panoramio.jpg 3,648 × 2,736; 4.11 MB
