01 / Komainu
Some of Kasahara Shinmeigu's guardian dogsare fired clay, not stone.
Kasahara Shinmeigu has four pairs of ceramic komainu designated by the city. The 1794 pair is the work of a potter from Tsumagi; the other three were made by a Kasahara potter in the late Edo period, and one of those pairs was designated in 2024. The city notes that most ceramic komainu are earthenware, so the porcelain ones at Takiro Shinmei Shrine are rare.
- Four pairs at Kasahara Shinmeigu
- Made in 1794 and the late Edo period
- Porcelain at Takiro


