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Many Buddhist temples include one or more Shinto shrines dedicated to their tutelary kami ("Chinjusha"), and in that case a torii marks the shrine's entrance. Benzaiten is a syncretic goddess derived from the Indian divinity Sarasvati, who unites elements of both Shinto and Buddhism.
Shinto - The Kami Way. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8048-3557-2. Smyers, Karen Ann (1999). The Fox and the Jewel: Shared and Private Meanings in Contemporary Japanese Inari Worship. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-2102-9. The History of Shrines, Encyclopedia of Shinto, retrieved on June 10, 2008; Shinto Shrines or Temples?
With a few exceptions like Ise Grand Shrine and Izumo Taisha Shinto shrines before Buddhism were mostly temporary structures erected to a particular purpose. Buddhism brought to Japan the idea of permanent shrines and the presence of verandas, stone lanterns, and elaborate gates are some which are used both in a Shinto shrine and a Buddhist temple.
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Torii mark the entrance to Shinto shrines and are recognizable symbols of the religion. Shinto (Japanese: 神道, romanized: Shintō) is a religion originating in Japan. Classified as an East Asian religion by scholars of religion, its practitioners often regard it as Japan's indigenous religion and as a nature religion.
Itsukushima jinja was the chief Shinto shrine of Aki Province. [4] This shrine is one of the "Three Great Shrines of Aki Province", along with Take Shrine and Hayatani Shrine. [5] The first torii on the site is said to have been erected in 593, supposedly by Saeki Kuramoto during the reign of Empress Suiko (592–628 CE). [2]
Nikkō Tōshō-gū (日光東照宮) is a Tōshō-gū Shinto shrine located in Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.. Together with Futarasan Shrine and Rinnō-ji, it forms the Shrines and Temples of Nikkō UNESCO World Heritage Site, with 42 structures of the shrine included in the nomination.
Sōmon – the gate at the entrance of a temple. [15] It often precedes the bigger and more important sanmon. Torii – This distinctive symbolic gate is usually associated with Shinto shrines; however, it is common at Buddhist temples too, as most have at least one. Uzumimon (埋門, lit. "buried gate") – Gates opened in a castle wall ...