Furious gargoyle face on a traditional Japanese tiled roof of Buddhist temple below blue sky. Stock Image
by kuremo
Description
Traditional Japanese tiled roof of Buddhist temple decorated with the furious face of an onigawara gargoyle with horns and fangs and with tiles adorned with a tomoe pattern made up of magatama shapes.
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Keywords
- kyoto
- japanese
- traditional
- architecture
- tiled roof
- buddhist temple
- onigawara
- gargoyle
- horns
- fangs
- oni
- face
- sanskrit
- scary
- design
- art
- terra cotta
- demon
- religion
- religious
- tomoe pattern
- magatama shapes
- decoration
- cultural
- temple ornament
- fierce
- guardian
- ornamental
- folklore
- mythology
- sculpted
- ornate
- craftsmanship
- mythical creature
- roof design
- decorative elements
- spiritual
- guardian figure
- traditional architecture
- roof ornamentation
- guardian deity
- folklore creature
- roof tiles
- blue sky
- japan
- asia
- nippon
- horizontal
- copy space
- shallow depth of field