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Inari Torii do Mosteiro Zen Budista
Inari Torii (a specific Myōjin Torii style) in the Zen Buddhist Temple in Ibiraçu, Espírito Santo - Brazil.
The function of a torii is to mark the entrance to a sacred space.
Curious! "As for the word torii itself there have been several etymological explanations: either tōri-iru (通り入る) which means "to pass through and enter" or - as mentioned above - tori 鳥 (bird) and iru 居 (to be [somewhere] or to sit), bird perch. There has been an age-old connection between birds and death in Japan, as both the Kojiki as well as the Nihon shoki mention how Prince Yamato Takeru had turned into a white bird after his death, choosing his burial ground in that shape. Consequently, his burial mound had been called shiratori misasagi (白鳥陵, white bird grave). Other classicial Japanese texts too support the close connection between the souls of the dead and white birds."
Inari Torii do Mosteiro Zen Budista
Inari Torii (a specific Myōjin Torii style) in the Zen Buddhist Temple in Ibiraçu, Espírito Santo - Brazil.
The function of a torii is to mark the entrance to a sacred space.
Curious! "As for the word torii itself there have been several etymological explanations: either tōri-iru (通り入る) which means "to pass through and enter" or - as mentioned above - tori 鳥 (bird) and iru 居 (to be [somewhere] or to sit), bird perch. There has been an age-old connection between birds and death in Japan, as both the Kojiki as well as the Nihon shoki mention how Prince Yamato Takeru had turned into a white bird after his death, choosing his burial ground in that shape. Consequently, his burial mound had been called shiratori misasagi (白鳥陵, white bird grave). Other classicial Japanese texts too support the close connection between the souls of the dead and white birds."