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View from the Temple toward the Torii, a symbolic gateway in the sea.

Itsukushima Temple, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, 13th century

Temple of Amun at Karnak, Egypt, c. 1500–323 B.C.

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Torii is a monumental, freestanding gateway on the approach to a Shinto
shrine, consisting of two pillars connected at the top by a horizontal
crosspiece and a lintel above it, usually curving upward.