Seiryū / the Azure Dragon / Heian Jingu / Kyoto

3D Model

Known as one of the 5 gods of the Onmyōdō (meaning “the Way of Yin and Yang”)

Seiryū: the Azure Dragon, representing Spring and Wood and the East direction

the others are: Byakko is the white tiger representing Autumn and Metal and the West direction https://skfb.ly/6xsEZ

Suzaku: the Vermillion Sparrow, representing Summer and Fire and the South direction

Genbu: the Black Tortoisel, representing Winter and Water and the North direction

Kirin: The Yellow Dragon, representing the Changing Seasons and Earth to the Center

linked to the Kuji-kiri, esoterism practice, known in Shugendo and Shingon Mikkyo

this statue is from a fountain (chozuya) located to Heian-jingu in Kyoto represented in a pair with Byakko is the white tiger, they show the east and the west

area: Okazaki Nishitennocho, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture 606-8341