Category:Shisa

**shīsā**
	traditional Ryukyuan decoration
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Subclass of	statue;
Named after	lion (Okinawan);
Country of origin	Ryukyu Kingdom;
Based on	Chinese guardian lions;
Inception	1689;
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English: Shisa, representation of a cross between a lion and a dog, from Okinawan mythology in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.

A legendary creature from Kyushu and Okinawa Prefecture, often seen as Gate guardians (Asia).

日本語: シーサーに関するカテゴリ

中文：琉球獅子

Subcategories

This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.

Shisa in Japan (3 C, 16 F)
Shisa statues in blue (5 F)

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Two shisas (1 C, 28 F)

Media in category "Shisa"

The following 82 files are in this category, out of 82 total.

2 Chome Asato, Naha-shi, Okinawa-ken 902-0067, Japan - panoramio.jpg 3,648 × 2,736; 4.12 MB
2013-07-23 Shisa on roof at Taketomijima.jpg 6,016 × 4,016; 7.32 MB
2015-12-16 Yonekoyaki 石垣島米子焼シーサーDSCF2072.jpg 2,304 × 1,728; 946 KB
2016-02-27 Shisa in Taketomi-jima 竹富島のシーサー DSCF2887.jpg 2,304 × 1,536; 1.07 MB
2016-02-27 Shisa in Taketomi-jima 竹富島のシーサー DSCF2889.jpg 2,304 × 1,536; 784 KB
2018-01-13 Shisa in New Ishigaki Airport 新石垣空港 DSCF9575.jpg 2,304 × 1,536; 814 KB
Coca-Cola Okinawa can.jpg 1,180 × 1,421; 228 KB
Guardian figure at Naminoue Shrine, Naha, Okinawa, Japan - October 2015.jpg 2,322 × 4,128; 2.67 MB
Guardian pair, 2 of 2, Shishi (lion), Japan, possibly Kyoto or Shiga prefecture, 1000s-1100s AD, wood - Portland Art Museum - Portland, Oregon - DSC08497.jpg 3,601 × 4,912; 6.76 MB
Guardians.jpg 800 × 600; 142 KB
Indigo Dye Studio, Okinawa World 20120506.jpg 5,743 × 3,821; 12.81 MB
Indigo Dye Studio, Okinawa World 20160613.jpg 4,032 × 3,024; 4.68 MB
Ishigaki Shiisa.JPG 800 × 532; 89 KB
Ishigaki yaimamura morita house 1.jpg 1,600 × 1,200; 1.57 MB
Ishigaki yaimamura morita house 2.jpg 1,600 × 1,200; 1.87 MB
Itoman City Central Library.JPG 4,000 × 3,000; 1.9 MB
JP 沖繩 Okinawa 那霸市 Naha City 國際通 Kokusai Street brown standing statue shisa 壺屋燒巨大 February 2026 N13P 01.jpg 3,060 × 4,080; 5.25 MB
JP 沖繩 Okinawa 那霸市 Naha City 國際通 Kokusai Street brown standing statue shisa 壺屋燒巨大 February 2026 N13P 02.jpg 3,060 × 4,080; 5.29 MB
JP 沖繩 Okinawa 那霸市 Naha City 國際通 Kokusai Street brown standing statue shisa 壺屋燒巨大 February 2026 N13P 03.jpg 3,060 × 4,080; 5.5 MB
Kokusai-dori07ss4272.jpg 2,848 × 4,272; 4.67 MB
Little world, Aichi prefecture - Shīsā.jpg 3,096 × 4,128; 2.97 MB
Lone Ryukyu Shisa Dog in tree.jpg 1,536 × 2,304; 883 KB
Makishi2012.JPG 854 × 480; 115 KB
Manhole Shisa.jpg 2,448 × 3,264; 3.92 MB
Mirai Ginoza Shisa.jpg 2,144 × 1,424; 1.55 MB
Miyako Airport Okinawa Japan07n4592.jpg 4,592 × 3,056; 4.62 MB
Miyakojima-Shisa.jpg 2,000 × 3,008; 2.88 MB
Naminoue-Shrine-mainhall.JPG 3,264 × 2,448; 1.51 MB
Okimono Shisa.jpg 4,000 × 6,000; 12.4 MB
Okinawan lion guardian statue - Tokyo area - Jan 2017.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 5.06 MB
Okinawan shisa (background removed using Remove.bg).png 240 × 320; 54 KB
Okinawan Shisa Dog Ryukyu festival.jpg 3,825 × 5,738; 13.02 MB
Okinawan shisa.JPG 240 × 320; 20 KB
Okinawan shīsā.jpg 1,536 × 2,048; 1.39 MB
Pandanus utilis and sculpture of lion in front of Ryukyu Mura Park.jpg 2,448 × 3,264; 2.33 MB
Rage Against the Dying of the Light.jpg 800 × 600; 66 KB
Rooftop Shisa lion, Taketomijima, Okinawa, Japan.JPG 640 × 480; 144 KB
Santa shisa @ Yachimun Street サンタシーサー(やちむん通り).jpg 480 × 640; 65 KB
Sculpture of lion and Ishigando in front of MaxValue Makishi Shopping Mall.JPG 3,264 × 2,448; 2.83 MB
Sculpture of Lion at west end of Kokusai-Tori Street.jpg 2,448 × 3,264; 3.02 MB
Sculptures of lions in yard near parking area of Shuri Castle.JPG 3,264 × 2,448; 3.2 MB
Shisa (male).jpg 3,264 × 2,448; 3.84 MB
Shisa - stone guardian dogs.jpg 2,544 × 1,696; 1.89 MB
Shisa blue.jpg 1,840 × 1,232; 602 KB
Shisa face symbol.jpg 3,264 × 2,448; 4.27 MB
Shisa in Naha Airport.jpg 3,264 × 2,448; 3.13 MB
Shisa in the sun.jpg 1,232 × 1,840; 641 KB
Shisa Mask (3146713678).jpg 1,200 × 1,600; 435 KB
Shisa Okinawa.jpg 3,920 × 2,204; 1.86 MB
Shisa on a roof.jpg 1,920 × 1,280; 536 KB
Shisa on the gate of the telescope Station in Ishigaki Japan.jpg 3,872 × 2,592; 1.41 MB
Shisa on the roof.jpg 640 × 480; 130 KB
Shisa on the tail of a plane.jpg 3,072 × 2,048; 1.36 MB
Shisa on the tail of a plane2.jpg 2,048 × 3,072; 1.55 MB
Shisa on vending machines (cropped).jpg 2,750 × 759; 454 KB
Shisa on vending machines.jpg 3,617 × 1,401; 1.02 MB
Shisa standing.jpg 1,232 × 1,840; 598 KB
Shisa.jpg 250 × 354; 54 KB
Shīsā.jpg 480 × 360; 38 KB
StoneLion at Uchaya-Udun RK.jpg 960 × 1,280; 279 KB
Sīsā Statue, Makishi (17176788819).jpg 3,264 × 2,448; 2.07 MB
Taketomi post office.jpg 1,600 × 1,200; 768 KB
Taketomi traditional houses (51922962052).jpg 5,550 × 3,700; 8.63 MB
Taketomi traditional houses (51923938366).jpg 5,863 × 3,909; 8.25 MB
Taketomi, Japan (2310448093).jpg 3,008 × 2,008; 2.59 MB
The Bank of Japan, Naha Branch (17176060449).jpg 3,264 × 2,448; 2.03 MB
The big Shisa of Zanpa 2015.jpg 5,456 × 3,632; 4.09 MB
Tsuboya Yachimun Street.jpg 640 × 480; 94 KB
View at a shop in Naha 2015.jpg 5,456 × 3,632; 6.38 MB
Voyage au Japon (2013) (8895805267).jpg 3,949 × 2,633; 1.24 MB
Zampa Grand Lion 20150317.JPG 3,264 × 2,448; 2.03 MB
おきなわワールド - panoramio.jpg 3,648 × 2,736; 4.46 MB
ガラス工房清天 (41534505704).jpg 3,840 × 2,160; 3.57 MB
シーサー (3518549900).jpg 1,600 × 1,200; 557 KB
名護市のシーサー.JPG 2,816 × 1,880; 2.6 MB
国際通り - panoramio.jpg 4,000 × 2,248; 2.83 MB
日本最南端のローソン 2006 (135881726).jpg 3,008 × 2,000; 2.19 MB
玉泉洞王國村 Tamaizumihora Kindom Village - panoramio.jpg 4,933 × 3,280; 4.43 MB
石垣やいま村 - panoramio.jpg 1,600 × 836; 437 KB
竹富郵便局 (257389258).jpg 640 × 480; 154 KB
竹富郵便局 2010 (4779210987).jpg 3,872 × 2,592; 4.24 MB
黒島のシーサーP1243497.jpg 1,280 × 960; 244 KB

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Subcategories

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Media in category "Shisa"