Meanings
nounkarajishi (plural karajishi)
- A guardian lion figure found in Chinese and Japanese art.
Titled “Picture of Fate: I Am but a Fisherman Who Angles in the Darkness of His Mind,” the Murakami is dominated by the exotic karajishi, or “China-lion,” who guards the threshold of Japanese Buddhist temples and is a frequent subject of Chinese and Japanese artists.
2009 September 25, Roberta Smith, “In Chelsea, a Chapter in Abstract Art and Some Long Verse”, in New York Times
Origin
- Japanese唐獅子
- Englishkarajishi
Borrowed from Japanese 唐獅子.
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karajishi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/karajishi
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“karajishi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/karajishi. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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