A torii (Japanese: 鳥居, [to.ɾi.i]) is a traditional Japanese gate most commonly found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine, where it symbolically...
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up torii in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A torii (鳥居) is a traditional Shinto shrine gate. Torii may refer to: Torii family, a samurai clan Torii school...
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Torii Kedar Hunter (/ˈtɔːriː/; born July 18, 1975) is an American former professional baseball center fielder and right fielder. Hunter currently serves...
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Fushimi Inari-taisha (redirect from Senbon Torii)
Inari-taisha's roughly 10,000 torii were donated by a Japanese business, and approximately 800 of these are set in a row to form the Senbon Torii, creating the impression...
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Torii Naritsugu (鳥居 成次, 1570 - July 17, 1631) was the son of Torii Mototada. He was lord of Yamura fief in Kai province (worth 35,000 koku), but was dispossessed...
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Mihashira Torii or Mitsubashira Torii (三柱鳥居, Three-pillar Torii, also 三角鳥居 sankaku torii) are a type of torii gate found in Shinto architecture. Like...
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Tomoo Torii (鳥居 智男, Torii Tomio) (born May 20, 1973) is a Japanese judoka. He won Asian silver medal in the half-lightweight division in 1996 Asian Judo...
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Ryuzo Torii (鳥居 龍藏; May 4, 1870 – January 14, 1953) was a Japanese anthropologist, ethnologist, archaeologist, and folklorist. Torii traveled across East...
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Torii Suneemon (鳥居 強右衛門, 1540 – May 16, 1575) was an ashigaru (low class footman) who served the Okudaira family, retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu. He became...
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10th Regional Support Group Torii, USARJ Newspaper Fact Database Military Networking Site Phone Directory Torii MWR Site Torii Station on themilitaryzone...
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Hirofumi Torii (鳥居 拓史, Torii Hirofumi, born January 30, 1988) is a Japanese figure skater. He placed 22nd at the 2007 World Junior Championships and won...
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Lepraria torii is a species of corticolous and lignicolous (bark- and wood-dwelling), leprose lichen in the family Stereocaulaceae. It is found in northwestern...
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Torii Tadayoshi (鳥居 忠吉, died May 7, 1571) was a Japanese samurai of the mid-Sengoku period. Longtime retainer of Matsudaira Hirotada and later, his son...
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Itsukushima Shrine (category Torii)
Itsukushima (popularly known as Miyajima), best known for its "floating" torii. It is in the city of Hatsukaichi, in Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan, accessible...
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Hirofumi Torii (born 1988), Japanese figure skater Keiko Torii, Japanese plant scientist Torii Kiyohiro (died c. 1776), Japanese artist Torii Kiyomasu...
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Yoshimasa Torii (鳥居 義正, Torii Yoshimasa, born 14 April 1942) is a Japanese athlete. He competed in the men's pole vault at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Evans...
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Torii Mototada (鳥居 元忠, 1539 – September 8, 1600) was a Japanese Samurai and Daimyo of the Sengoku period through late Azuchi–Momoyama period, who served...
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Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese: 鳥居 清長; 1752 – June 28, 1815) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the Torii school. Originally Sekiguchi Shinsuke, the son of an...
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Keiko Torii (鳥居 啓子, Torii Keiko) is a Japanese plant scientist and academic teaching at the University of Texas at Austin as of September 2019. Torii researches...
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Torii Tadamasa (鳥居 忠政, 1567 – October 2, 1628) was a Japanese Samurai and Daimyo of the Edo period, who served Tokugawa Shogunate. He was a son of Torii...
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big Torii (Shinto gate). The Torii gate farthest from the shrine is called Ichi-no-Torii (the first torii), the one in the middle is Ni-no-Torii (the...
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Mount Torii is a prominent bluff-type mountain above Lake Chad and Lake Hoare, surmounting the north wall of Taylor Valley between Suess Glacier and Canada...
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Chiho Torii (鳥居 千穂, Torii Chiho) (born 29 July 1970) is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics. In 1996, Torii was...
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Yasukuni Shrine (section Torii and Mon (gates))
first torii. The current iteration of this torii was erected in 1974 after the original was removed in 1943 due to weather damage. This torii was recently...
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Torii clan (鳥居氏, Torii-shi) was a Japanese daimyo family of the Sengoku and Edo periods. Yukinori, the founder of the Watari clan and the Torii clan,...
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Mitsuko Torii (鳥居 充子, Torii Mitsuko, born 9 August 1943) is a Japanese athlete. She competed in the women's high jump at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Evans...
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Torii Tadatsune (鳥居 忠恒, 1604 – August 7, 1636) was the son of the daimyō Torii Tadamasa; his fief reverted to the control of the shogunate when Tadatsune...
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Riku Moriyama (redirect from Kanon Torii)
Riku Moriyama (森山 理来, Moriyama Riku), also credited as Kanon Torii (鳥居 花音, Torii Kan'on), is a Japanese voice actress. Mahoraba: Heartful Days (2005)...
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Torii Tadaharu (鳥居 忠春, 1624 – September 2, 1663) was a Japanese daimyō of the early Edo period who ruled the Takatō Domain in Shinano Province (modern-day...
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