Torii : A Gate , A Portal, A Passage, A Decision,....

 Torii : A Gate ,  A Portal,

  "Torii–a stone gate found at the entrance

to Japanese shrines that expresses a

    sense of history and stability.”

       Masayuki Kuramae

  A torii (鳥居^?, literally bird abode, /ˈtɔəri.iː/) 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

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The famous torii at Itsukushima Shrine, a Ryōbu-style torii.

A torii (鳥居^?, literally bird abode, /ˈtɔəri.iː/) 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 (see sacred-profane dichotomy).^[1] 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.^{[note 1]} 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 (鎮守社^?, tutelary god shrine) and are usually very small

Stone Torii,
Tosho-Gu Shrine, Nikko, Central Honshu, Japan Photographic Print

By: Schlenker Jochen Item #: 6065159 

    

Torii Gate and Sunrise, Shiga Prefecture, JapanCredit: DAJ
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