寺院入口の見張り番．日光の陽明門の寺院の入口での彫刻された木製の人物．こうした人物は日本中で仏教寺院の入口にしばしば置かれており，門口を守ると考えられる/(Temple gate guard. A carved wooden figure at Yomei-mon temple gate in Nikko. These figures are frequently placed at the entrance to the Buddhist temples throughout Japan, and are supposed to guard the gateways.)