But mass manufacture meant that the figures lost individual character, and it was only when tourism began to boom that handcrafted lions came back in, recreating the wild variety of old.
只是，成為工業製品後，屋頂獅子雖然因產速快、產量多；價格低又品質穩定，而加速普及，但造型上卻失去以往的趣味。直到琉球觀光興起，雕塑獅子受遊客寵愛，吸引藝術家投入，才又展現多采多姿的風貌。