Back كوماينو Arabic কোমাইনু Assamese Komainu German کومااینو Persian Komainu French Komainu Hungarian 狛犬 Japanese 코마이누 Korean Komainu Polish Komainu Portuguese
Komainu (狛犬), often called lion-dogs in English, are statue pairs of lion-like creatures, which traditionally guard the entrance or gate of the shrine, or placed in front of or within the honden (inner sanctum) of Japanese Shinto shrines.