A torii is a traditional Japanese gate most commonly found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Torii Papercraft | Papercraft Paradise | PaperCrafts | Paper Models | Card Models] Reference

In the centre of this court stands a fine bronze torii.    From Wordnik.com.  [Travels in the Far East] Reference

As she sees the lanterns through the red torii side gate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-04-01] Reference

In front of the temple stands a wooden arch, called a torii.    From Wordnik.com.  [Peeps at Many Lands: Japan] Reference

The red and black reminded me of Japanese temples and torii.    From Wordnik.com.  [Seizures and Memories: Elizabeth] Reference

Over the trees to the left stood the cross-beams of an enormous torii gate.    From Wordnik.com.  [December 6]

This latter I will describe when Japan, the land of the torii, is the topic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Travels in the Far East] Reference

He checked his thoughts again as he sailed the cutter around the torii once more.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Japanese Corpse]

They passed close to the torii, a solid structure; the beams were at least a foot thick.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Japanese Corpse]

It might be well to explain that a torii consists of two upright columns several feet apart.    From Wordnik.com.  [Travels in the Far East] Reference

The grand entrance gate is at the top of a handsome flight of steps forty yards from the torii.    From Wordnik.com.  [Unbeaten Tracks in Japan] Reference

At the summit of this ascent is a fine granite torii, 27 feet 6 inches high, with columns 3 feet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Unbeaten Tracks in Japan] Reference

Wendryn: thanks, I tried to get the right pictures - I recommend making the torii one full screen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cat visit plus my body loses function. Linda and I face the unspeakable D. word in our own ways.] Reference

In Takeshi Shikama's image the torii is on a slope where it blends in with the trees, shrubs and rocks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Taking Nature's Refuge] Reference

Hiroshima in the background behind the o-torii of the Itsukushima shrine from above the town of Miyajima.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-03-01] Reference

Returning to the hotel, we noted many more stone lanterns, and still another temple with its attendant torii.    From Wordnik.com.  [Travels in the Far East] Reference

Across the gravel courtyard and up another flight of steps, I passed through the torii gate to the shrine itself.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoirs of a Geisha]

There, he found a pagoda surrounded by green-painted torii on four sides, and coursed by a glistening stream with fat koi.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fox in the Garden] Reference

Tokyo's mistlike drizzle had turned into a metallic rain that bounced off vertical neon signs and Shinto shrine torii gates alike.    From Wordnik.com.  [Second Skin]

Entering through the great stone torii or gateway, we found stone lanterns, together with stone and bronze bulls presented by devotees.    From Wordnik.com.  [Travels in the Far East] Reference

The red torii gate in the sign is to dissuade people by suggesting it would be sacreligious to relieve oneself on such a Shinto symbol.    From Wordnik.com.  [Does your wife do this too?] Reference

I also like seeing torii taking a sip of champagne.    From Wordnik.com.  [Halos Heaven] Reference

Miyajima, famous for its giant torii gate which sits in the water.    From Wordnik.com.  [Weddingbee] Reference

And then he built a torii with three exceedingly small needles. 'º17.    From Wordnik.com.  [Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series] Reference

At one little village I see, just beyond, the torii leading to a great.    From Wordnik.com.  [Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series] Reference

All the beautiful gateways or torii, as they are called, are works of art.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Critic in the Orient] Reference

Over a long bridge and under a tall torii we roll into upward-sloping streets.    From Wordnik.com.  [Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series] Reference

The O-torii Gate, or Grand Gate, is a further 200 metres out in the Seto Inland Sea.    From Wordnik.com.  [News On Japan] Reference

Like Enoshima, Kitzuki has a torii for its city gate; but the torii is not of bronze.    From Wordnik.com.  [Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series] Reference

All things within the temple grounds have sacred names, even the torii and the bridges.    From Wordnik.com.  [Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series] Reference

Beyond the largest torii gate in the country is an island built on faith, writes Ben Hall.    From Wordnik.com.  [News On Japan] Reference

How describe a torii to those who have never looked at one even in a photograph or engraving?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series] Reference

That is a torii: the construction varying little in design, whether made of stone, wood, or metal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series] Reference

I am standing before a Shinto symbol; I see for the first time, out of a picture at least, a torii.    From Wordnik.com.  [Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series] Reference

Advancing beyond this torii, I find myself in a sort of park or pleasure-ground on the summit of the hill.    From Wordnik.com.  [Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series] Reference

Just beyond this column is a massive granite torii, twenty-seven and one-half feet high, the gift of the Daimiyo of Chikuzen.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Critic in the Orient] Reference

We pass the sand-flats; and the ever-open Portal of the Sea - city, the City of the Dragon-goddess, is before us, a beautiful torii.    From Wordnik.com.  [Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series] Reference