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Antique Japanese Cast Bronze Shachi 鯱 Sculpture From Buddhist Temple Roof Shinto




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Information:
Reference Number: Avaluer:52013639Region of Origin: Japanese
Primary Material: BronzeCountry of Origin: Japan
Antique: YesProduct: Statue
Sub-Type: BellAge: 1900-1940
Original/Repro: Antique Original
Original Description:
Lovely antique Japanese Cast Bronze Shachi 鯱 taken from a temple roof. It's really heavy, I think its a bronze and other metal mix as the oxidisation to the metal is green but also there are slight red rust in other parts. A magnet doesn't stick indicating this is definitely not iron. I estimate the age to be early Taisho period 1930/40's but it could well be a lot earlier than that.
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20cm x 6cm 12.5cm
1.28kg

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A shachihoko (鯱鉾 / 鯱) – or simply shachi (鯱) – is an animal in Japanese folklore with the head of a tiger and the body of a carp.[1] It was believed that this animal could cause the rain to fall, and as such, temples and castles were often adorned with roof ornaments (shibi) crafted in the form of a shachihoko, in order to protect them from fire. Those buildings were often made of wood, rendering them flammable.

In the Edo period encyclopedia "Wakan Sansai Zukai", it is described as a fish tiger (Shachihoko). Attached to both ends of the main building it was regarded as a guardian god like Onigawara. When a building catches fire it was believed to spout water to extinguish the flames. Originally it is said that Oda Nobunaga used it to adorne the shrine inside the temple tower as a decoration for Azuchi Castle and in turn it became popular. Even now, pottery and cement products are sometimes used in ordinary houses and temples.

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