Plaque Depicting Entrance to Shinto Shrine

Plaque Depicting Entrance to Shinto Shrine

Oxford College Library (Oxford, Ga.)

Turner, William Patillo (Purchaser) ; Candler, Warren Akin (Funder). Metadata by Yijie Deng.

1800-1894

This is a carved bronze plate showing the caretaker and the Torii. It was probably not used in religious practice, but rather sold as a souvenir. On the left, a caretaker with a broom looks up at the sky. On the right, a pigeon is pecking at the cobblestones of the path leading under the torii. The panel behind the torii is stamped with floral patterns: chrysanthemum and wisteria. A stone lantern is to the right of the torii. The plaque on the torii crossbar is inscribed myôjin 明神, divinity.

Japan

metal

8 x 1 x 12 inches

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Meiji

torii

Metal work

figurines