にほんごですよ。: Torii

月曜日, 10月 02, 2006

みなさん、

Gregg さん mentioned torii in class today. If you are interested, you can check out these entries.
Torii 1, torii 2.

At 10/02/2006 7:00 午後, 匿名 said...: One too many "g"s sensei! But thank you anyway. Students may also be interested in Pailou (牌樓) aka Paifang (牌坊), which have some similarities to Torii but look quite different.

Wikipedia page (in Chinese, but with pictures)
At 10/04/2006 1:51 午後, Hiroshi said...: >gregさん
すみません。まちがえました。
Looking at Paifang really reminds me of 守礼の門 in Okinawa. Historically they were more heavily influenced by China so that's no wonder, I guess. Also the gate in China Town of Yokohama looks a lot like Paifang, too, naturally.
At 10/05/2006 9:58 午前, 匿名 said...: Okinawa was actually a de facto tribute state of both China and Japan at the same time during the Ming-Qing / Edo(江戸) periods. If only their current territorial disputes could be solved so easily! I kid; it's actually quite sad.