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‖ torii|ˈtorii|
Also tori, torij.
[Jap., f. tori bird, fowl + i to sit, perch.]
A ceremonial gateway in front of a Japanese Shintō shrine, consisting of two uprights and two crosspieces of which the lower is straight and the upper usu. curved and projecting. Also attrib.
Occas. erron. interpreted as pl.
1727J. Scheuchzer tr. Kæmpfer's Hist. Japan iii. ii. 208 At the entry of the walk, which leads to the temple, stands..a particular fashioned gate, called Torij, and built either of stone or wood. 1874C. Hoey tr. Humbert's Japan & Japanese i. ii. 14 A long avenue of fir-trees, headed by a sacred gate called a Tori. 1874Trans. Asiatic Soc. Japan II. 116 The torii gradually assumed the character of a general symbol of Shintô. 1904D. Sladen Playing the Game ii. v. 231 Tall torii, those mystic arches of Japan. 1911Encycl. Brit. XV. 182 Originally designed as a perch for fowls which sang to the deities at daybreak, this torii subsequently came to be erroneously regarded as a gateway characteristic of the Shintō shrine. 1960B. Leach Potter in Japan ii. 55 Torii gateway leading to cryptomeria-shaded steps climbing to little empty Shinto Shrines. 1977Amer. Speech 1975 L. 69 Mills..must be almost as exotic to most younger Americans as torii or dagobas. |