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katakui 肩喰 | ||||||
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An animal-head decoration found on the shoulders
of a soldier's armor yoroi 鎧. Often a lion's head *shigami
獅噛, shown as if biting the shoulder. It is found on Buddhist guardian figures
*ten 天 and is derived from Chinese
armor, but thought to originate in ancient Greek and Roman imagery. |
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