shitennouseki　四天王石

KEY WORD :　architecture / gardens

Lit. Four guardian kings stones. Four stones placed in each corner of a garden. The stones serve the same apotropaic function as statues of the shiten 四天 on Buddhist temple altars. Also called the shitenseki 四天石.

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