Komainu of Taiwan Shrine[台灣神社狛犬]

Here I remade my last artwork and designed a new komainu(lion-dog) for it, make the art more complete, because they are really have two partners. hope you'll like my style and color match.

The two origin komainus are come from old Taiwan Grand Shrine and born in 1902 year. they are one of three pair of komainu. The two komainus carved from granite and bigger than other, it's very strong and magnificent, but now all stuffs about this shrine was dispersed anywhere since the Japanese shrine was abandoned, it's seem their common destiny as like other holy beasts of Japanese shrines in Taiwan, they maybe be destroyed, be sell or to be other uses, but they are best messenger indeed and still guarded in here.

Fortunately, now you can find them at Jiantan Park of Yanshan in Taipei, they are still standing on the side of the road. Hope they can stay in there forever.

這裡我重新修改了上一個作品並且為他設計了一隻新的狛犬, 讓作品更加完整, 因為他們確實是有兩個夥伴在一起的. 希望你們喜歡我的風格和顏色搭配.

這兩隻原來的狛犬來自於舊的台灣大神社, 出生於1902年. 他們是三對狛犬的其中一對, 這兩隻狛犬由花崗岩雕刻而成, 也是最大的一對, 非常壯碩與雄偉, 但是自從日本神社廢棄了以後所有關於這神社的東西都已散落各處, 就像是在台灣的日本神社的其它聖獸一樣這似乎是他們共同的命運, 他們可能被摧毀, 被賣掉或用作其他用途, 但他們的確是很好的使者並且依然守護著這裡.

然而很幸運的, 現在你還可以在台北圓山的劍潭公園找到他們, 他們依然矗立在馬路邊. 希望他們可以永遠留在那裡.

#台灣神社 #狛犬 #Komainu

Old Version: http://foxtaiwaninari.blogspot.com/2018/07/komainu-of-taiwan-shrine.html