Saturday, July 14, 2018

Saturday Haiku: The Torii Gate













ancient boundaries
can make us comfortable
with divine presence






















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Image: The "floating" torii gate at Itsukushima Shrine, a Shinto shrine on the island of Itsukushima (popularly known as Miyajima)
Artist: Tsuchiya Kōitsu (1870-1949)
Medium: Japanese Woodblock Print
Date: 1936



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