Torii Japanese Garden Gate Shrine Entrance Shinto
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Maurice Crooks / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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4000 x 2663 px | 33.9 x 22.5 cm | 13.3 x 8.9 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
10 September 2013Location:
Monte Palace Tropical Garden Funchal MadeiraMore information:
A torii is a traditional Japanese gate most commonly found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine, where it symbolically marks the transition from the profane to the sacred The presence of a torii at the entrance is usually the simplest way to identify Shinto shrines, and a small torii icon represents them on Japanese road maps. They are however a common sight at Japanese Buddhist temples too, where they stand at the entrance of the temple's own shrine, called chinjusha and are usually very small.