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A section of the stilted buildings at the Shinto Itsukushima Shrine, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. The shrine was first built in the 6th century CE and greatly expanded in 1168 CE by Taira no Kiyomori (1118-1181 CE).

The torii or sacred gate at the wooden Uji Bridge at the Ise Grand Shrine, sacred to the Shinto goddess Amaterasu. The shrine was first built in 4 BCE and since the 7th century CE the bridge and torii at either end have been rebuilt exactly...

A view of the torri and stilted buildings at the Itsukushima Shrine, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Traditionally founded in the 6th century Ce but extensively remodelled in the 12th century CE.

This is a miniature altar at the Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine in Kyoto, Japan dedicated to the fox god Inari.

The Torri at the Itsukushima Shrine, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.

The Fushimi Inari Shrine near Kyoto (Heiankyo) is the largest and most important shrine dedicated to Inari, the Shinto god of rice and prosperity. It is famous for the large number of red gates (torii) at the site. The shrine was founded...

The main shrine of the Kitano-tenmangu shrine at Kyoto, Japan. The shrine is dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane, aka Tenjin (845-903 CE). Michizane was a scholar, poet and high-level administrator in the Japanese court during the Heian Period...

This is one of two entrances to the Meiji Jingu Shrine in Tokyo, Japan, which are marked by large wooden torii gates. At Shinto shrines in Japan, the torii demarcates the dividing line between profane and sacred spaces. At the Meiji Jingu...

The Domhnach Airgid (silver church), made of wood, gilt copper alloy and silver, enamel, and rock crystal, from Clones, Co. Monaghan, Ireland, 8th and later 14th centuries. The shrine was given by Saint Patrick to Saint Macartan, founder...

Dating from only 1895 CE, Kyoto's Heian Shrine was built to commemorate the 1,100th anniversary of the founding of Kyoto and is a replica of Japan's first imperial palace. It deifies two Japanese emperors: Emperor Kammu (r. 781-806 CE) who...