Shrine on the Island of Miyajima

Shrine on the Island of Miyajima

Arts-Architecture; Religions-Shinto;

Shinto

Central to Shinto is the belief in divine begins (kami) which traditionally inhabit heaven and earth. Divine status is attached to anything which is striking, elevated and beautiful or possesses outstanding qualities: in brief, anything which awakens a sense of awe. In this way, things of natural beauty, mountains and seas, human beings, plants and animals can become gods. Symbols of every Shinto shrine are the gateways (torii), which in their simplest form are two pillars topped by a cross beam.

Digital photograph.

2003-01

Woudenberg, Annie

St. Olaf College

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Still image

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Japan

Japan - Modern 1868 - present

Miyajima

beach

Miyajima, Japan

986 w x 630 h, 72 ppi