Nikko Toshogu Shrine, as a "zoo"（17）

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The dragon at the Karamon Gate is the most modern?

Compared to the flashy and "over-the-top" Yomeimon gate, the Karamon gate is chic and artistic. The white color of the gofun (shells crushed into powder) coating and the black color of the lacquer are the base colors, and the dragons and other objects are deformed and cool.

A dragon that looks like modern art. The difference in taste from Yomeimon gate is obvious.



What's in their faces?


Rising and descending dragons made of different wood on pillars

Poor Souho's Cow


Although the Karamon Gate looks more neat than the Yomeimon Gate, it actually has 611 sculptures, more than the 508 of the Yomeimon Gate. It is also characterized by the large number of statues of people related to Chinese folklore.
To introduce one animal-related figure, a cow is depicted on the right side (Souho's side) of the "Kyoyu (Xuyu) and Souho" on the karahabu (Chinese windbreak).
Both Kyoyu and Souho are legendary figures of integrity in ancient China, who are considered to have lived a clean and innocent life away from authority.
One day, Emperor Gyotei was so impressed with Kyoyu's personality that he offered to give up the title of emperor to Kyoyu. Kyoyu said, "My ears are dirty just hearing that offer," and washed his ears in the river stream.
At this time, Souho was downstream trying to give his cow a drink of water, but when he learned that Kyoyu had washed his ears upstream, saying that his ears were dirty, Souho pulled the cow that were trying to drink the water and left, saying, "I cannot let my cow drink the dirty water with Kyoyu's dirty ears washed.
The cow is a victim of such a legend, and I feel sorry for her. What kind of a saint is a person who does not allow his cow to drink water?

Souho pulling his cow trying to drink water



This is a bonus. It looks like a mark of Japan Airlines. Try to find where it is.

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