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Offerings of small torii gates

After my long hike up through the thousands of torii gates, starting before sunrise, I made it to the top peak of Inari Mountain (called 'ichi no mine') to a small shrine (kamisha, meaning 'upper shrine') where there were thousands more small torii gates that had been carried up the mountain as offerings. In this image you see a few of these small gates leaning against an inscribed stone, with a background of a magnificent Japanese maple in full colour.

Thanks to Frank for the symbolic meaning of the gates. I should have included this in my recent posts. The first mention of the use of a torii gate to mark the entrance to a sacred space goes back to 922 AD.

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  • nelli

    on November 2, 2016

    OMG THIS IS AWESOME

  • James Clarke (jamri)

    on August 29, 2016

    Superb with the autumn leaves backdrop. I've not been there in Autumn yet.

  • johnchapmanphotographer

    on August 26, 2016

    Hi Terry, this is great.

  • God's Child

    on August 26, 2016

    It must have been a long hike consisting of "thousands of torii gates;" you must be in great physical shape. Thanks for providing the history of these gates and kudos to Frank for the symbolic meaning of the gates.
    8/25/2016 for 8/24/2016

  • TruImages

    on August 25, 2016

    This is interesting info and a great shot!

  • Rick Willis

    on August 25, 2016

    Mini-Gates...

  • fotoeffects

    on August 24, 2016

    Beautiful! Such an interesting tradition!

  • Gene Hyder

    on August 24, 2016

    Excellent.

  • Howard's Photography

    on August 24, 2016

    Beautiful capture, interesting info!

  • Donna McCommon

    on August 24, 2016

    Super capture and tradition.

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