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    Default Komaninu /Shi Shi / Temple Dogs / Lion Dogs

    Traditionally, what colour are they? (aside from the colour of stone)
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    The komainu I have seen (or seen pictures of) have always been only the color of the material they were made of; stone, wood, jade, etc. The exception was a set of small Chinese shishi I once saw for sale in an antique shop that had red bodies, green faces, and golden manes and tails.
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    The two sets I bought in Okinawa were the color of the materials (amber and marble) but there is a Chinese restaurant in on route 22 east of Pittsburgh that has two foot tall gold colored one in front. I am pretty sure that is not just the color of the materials.
    Len McCoy

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