Talk:Yagyu Munenori/@comment-4802891-20171020072252/@comment-32879369-20171020075834

^ Actually lions existed in Asia, particularly in India, the "Lion Capital of Ashoka" is a proof, it's a statue uniting four lions created about the 3rd century BC. I don't know if real lions were transported to Japan via the Silk Road, but I know at least statues and ornaments were.