SHINTO ARTGordon Cheng

SHINTO

Shintoism believes that everything has a spirit, their main god was the sun called Tensho daijin. Their people go to a Shrine to worship the gods.

SHRINE

The Japanese think the design of a shrine should be simple. However, Japanese care about the landscape design, arrangement, and embellishment. Even though Japanese prefer simplicity in the shrine, but the appearance should still be mysterious.

TSUMAIRI(妻入 ) & HERAIRI(平入 )

TORII

It’s purpose is to isolate the human world from the heaven. So it is a door or entrance to the heaven. Most of them are built by woods and are usually painted red.

NAISHODUKURI(大社造 )

SHINMENDUKURI(神明造 )

SUMIYOSHIDUKURI(住吉造 )

NAGAREDUKURI(流造 )

KASUGADUKURI(春日造 )

IRIMAYADUKURI(入母屋造 )

HACHIMANDUKURI(八幡造 )

GIONDUKURI(祇園造 )

MEIJI JINKU

IZUMO TAISHA

ITSUKUSHIMA SHRINE

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