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- Uses
- Origins
- Parts and ornamentations
- Styles
- Shinmei family
- Photo gallery
- Shinmei torii
- Ise torii
- Kasuga torii
- Hachiman torii
- Kashima torii
- Kuroki torii
- Shiromaruta torii
- Mihashira torii
- Myōjin family
- Photo gallery
- Myōjin torii
- Nakayama torii
- Daiwa/Inari torii
- Sannō torii
- Miwa torii
- Ryōbu torii
- Hizen torii
- Gallery
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- Explanatory notes
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thumb|The torii at Itsukushima Shrine
A 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 mundane to the sacred, and a spot where kami are welcomed and thought to travel through.