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Torii & Water: A Gateway to Shinto Monument List Hannah Imson, Amy Kahng, Tory Lekson Shinto Purification • Purification by water is symbolic of pacification and inner purification of the spirit Image - Picken 54 Land Purification by Water - Meiji Shrine Torii Gate at Itsukushima, 16th Century. Wood, concrete, copper. Itsukushima Shrine in Miyajima, Japan. Paul Binnie, Miyajima no Torii, 2003. Woodblock print, 42 x 29 cm. Ukiyoe- Gallery, Japan. Itagawa Hiroshige, Torii Gate of Atsuta Shrine at Miya Station, 1830. Woodblock print. Kyoto, Japan. 1.Hokusai, Bay of Noboto in Shimosa Province, 1830. Woodblock print, 14 x 9 in. Fuji Arts, Ann Arbor, MI. 1.Kaneko Keizō, Torii at Mt. Fuji, 1980. Print color photograph, 10 x 18 inches. Lake Fuji, Japan. Meoto Iwa, 1910. Stone, cord, wood, concrete, 3.6 x 9 meters. Futami Okitama Jinja, off the shore of Futami, Mie, Japan. Torii Gate at Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1915. Wood, bronze. Japanese Hill- and-Pond Garden, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, New York. Torii Gate at Oarai Ibaraki, 1000 CE. Stone, cement. Oarai Ibaraki Shrine, off the shore of Oarai Ibaraki. Torii Gate by Miyagawa River. Wood, metal, cement. by the Miyagawa River, Takayama, Japan. Utagawa Toyoharu, Itsukushima Shrine, 1760. Woodblock Print, 25.4 x 37 cm. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Torii Gate by Campbell River, 1993. Wood, metal, cement. By the Campbell River at Sequoia Park British Columbia, Canada. Torii Gate at Shirahige Jinja Shrine, 1937. Wood, bronze, cement, 7.8 x 12 meters. Shirahige Jinja Shrine, Lake Biwa. Torii Gate at Watazumi Shrine, 1950. Wood, cement. Watazumi Shrine, Tsushima Island. Utagawa Hiroshige, No. 5 Bizen Province, 1853-1856. Woodblock Print. Fuji Arts, Ann Arbor, MI. Kasawe Hasui, Snow at Miyajima, 1929. Woodblock Print, 9x14 in. Fuji Arts, Ann Arbor, MI. Utagawa Hiroshige, Jinbutsu Tokaido & Takaido Harimaze-zue, 1760. Woodblock print, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Akatsuka, Japan .

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