Premise:
"Four vigorous lions stand back to back atop a frieze of animals comprising a horse, an elephant, a bull, and a smaller lion, each of them separated by a Wheel of Law, resting on the inverted lotus that once connected it to the pillar."
Hypothesis: There are animals that are stacked up one another, but separated by a Wheel of Law.

yes

Premise:
"If the victim managed to make her way here and stay for three years as a nun, she could obtain a decree of divorce from the shogunate and go free."
Hypothesis: The concept of divorce was not a common one at this time, so it was unique that this practice happened here.

it is not possible to tell

Premise:
"Case studies use as data the impressions and judgments of the evaluator, which are inherently subjective."
Hypothesis: Some case studies use subjective judgments as data.
yes