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    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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    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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    Inari-taisha's roughly 10,000 torii was 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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 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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    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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    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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    Sannō Shrine (section Torii)
    Nagasaki, is noted for its one-legged stone torii at the shrine entrance. The well-known one-legged torii or one-legged arch (一本柱鳥居) was one of the unanticipated...
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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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    Shimenawa (section Torii)
    construction begins on a new building. They are often found at Shinto shrines, torii gates, and sacred landmarks. Shimenawa are also placed on yorishiro, objects...
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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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    Nezu Shrine (section Torii)
    Another shorter path of torii leads down some stairs from the subsidiary Komagome Shrine to the larger path of torii. red myōjin torii at one of the entrances...
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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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    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 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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  • 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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    Torii Tadateru (鳥居 忠英, 1665 – May 12, 1716) was a Japanese daimyō of the early Edo period who ruled the Shimomura, Minakuchi, and Mibu Domains. In 1841...
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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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    Viscount Torii Tadafumi (鳥居 忠文, October 19, 1847 – October 1914) was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period who served as daimyō of the Mibu Domain...
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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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    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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    loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu's Eastern army, led by Torii Mototada. Knowing of his inevitable defeat, Torii's sacrifice diverted Ishida Mitsunari's attention...
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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 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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