The komainu, or lion dog guardian, outside a Shinto temple at Kamaishi, Japan.
The komainu, or lion-dog guardian, outside a Shinto temple at Kamaishi, Japan. The photographer is an apprentice serving on board the Bank Line cargo vessel Inverbank (1924) which is in port to discharge a cargo of scrap iron from the U.S.A.
Object Details
| ID: | P49899 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Bird, Henry P. |
| Date made: | September 1937 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 46 mm x 67 mm |