zondag 6 december 2015

TORII



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





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 


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