There is a stone carving of handstanding
lion after the stone stairs for the Yomeimon Gate. It seems like
a moment of landing soon after it jumped over the stone fence.
It is not just for a decoration, but is for support the fence.
Jumping Lion and the pillar
of the fence were carved from the single material. It is told that
granite was brought from Okayama prefecture, and the granite was
roughly carved on the way.
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