A torii (鳥居, lit. bird abode), is a traditional Japanese gate most commonly found at the entrance of or within a Shinto
shrine, where it symbolically marks the transition from the profane to the
sacred. The function of a torii is to mark the entrance to a sacred
space. For this reason, the road leading to a Shinto shrine (sandō) is almost
always straddled by one or more torii, which are therefore the easiest
way to distinguish a shrine from a Buddhist temple.
If the sandō passes under multiple torii, the outer of them is called ichi no torii (一の鳥居?, first torii). The following ones, closer to the shrine, are usually called, in order, ni no torii (二の鳥居?, second torii) and san no torii (三の鳥居?, third torii). Other torii can be found farther into the shrine to represent increasing levels of holiness as one nears the inner sanctuary (honden), core of the shrine. A rope was tied from one post to the other to mark the border between the outside and the inside, the sacred and the mundane
If the sandō passes under multiple torii, the outer of them is called ichi no torii (一の鳥居?, first torii). The following ones, closer to the shrine, are usually called, in order, ni no torii (二の鳥居?, second torii) and san no torii (三の鳥居?, third torii). Other torii can be found farther into the shrine to represent increasing levels of holiness as one nears the inner sanctuary (honden), core of the shrine. A rope was tied from one post to the other to mark the border between the outside and the inside, the sacred and the mundane
in het dennenbos
de rode poort
naar het schrijn
het sneeuwde
vannacht
smetteloze
sneeuw
drie torii van
vermiljoen
het touw wijst
de weg
het sneeuwde
vannacht
hier hangen
touwen, vanaf
dit punt moet
je gaan
aan deze torii
start de weg
naar de hemel
maar niemand op
pad
onder deze
poort
eindigt de
realiteit
komen de
kami
