Torii

/tˈɔːɹɪˌaɪ/

/tˈoːɹɪˌaɪ/

Torii

a traditional Japanese gate commonly found at the entrance of Shinto shrines, characterized by two vertical pillars and a horizontal lintel, often painted in red and symbolizing the transition from the secular to the sacred

Examples

1. The Motonosumi Shrine consists of 123 torii gates.

2. The top of this bench looks to me like a torii arch from Japan, coming into a Shinto temple.

3. During that same night, Torii managed to sneak his way past the enemy and reached Okazaki where Oda and Tokugawa resided.

4. This Kasuga Deer Mandala features a large white deer, manifested on a cloud above the torii gate to the compound of the Kasuga Shrine.