Japanese Roof Statues
Vintage japanese porcelain figurine 9 5 inches tall.
Japanese roof statues. Description shachi or shachihoko were frequently used as roof ornaments in the edo period 1600 1868 and found atop castles tower gates and samurai homes. Zǒu shòu or crouching beasts 蹲獸 蹲兽. Chinese imperial roof decorations or roof charms or roof figures 檐獸 檐兽. These fish shaped ornaments are placed at both ends of the main roof ridge with the male shachi placed on the left and the female shachi on the right.
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Yán shòu or walking beasts 走獸 走兽.