Stone lions in Okinawa carry the same curly markings on their coat, for the island became a Chinese protectorate under the Ming (1368-1644 AD), and thus absorbed a later pattern of lion.
琉球的石獅子身上也有螺獅紋，和史實對照，琉球在明朝成為中國藩屬，是以傳入較晚期的石獅造型。