Kaminoshima Shinmei Shrine Torii

A Large Copper-Clad Torii

The Kaminoshima Shinmei Shrine Torii (上の島神明神社鳥居) is a large copper-clad torii 8.2 metres high of 1935 in Kawashima Matsukuracho, Kakamigahara City, Gifu Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on October 2, 2007 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

The Agency records a timber torii 8.2 metres high and 6.0 metres wide; registration number 21-0144.

A Great Torii at the Front

Kaminoshima Shinmei Shrine in Kawashima Matsukuracho, Kakamigahara, has 7 registered structures built from the early Showa period to 1937: its main hall, offering hall, office, purification pavilion, torii, banbei screen and arched bridge (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

The torii stands at the front of the precinct, a timber gate of 1935 repaired in 1995 (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Clad in copper, it is large, 6.0 metres wide and 8.2 metres high.

Its round posts, 70 centimetres across, are wrapped in stone at the foot like a plinth and carry the top beam, braced by a tie beam that stops inside the posts. The Agency notes that though simple, it has scale and dignity.

Why It Was Registered

The Agency registered it for its contribution to the historic landscape.

What to Look For

At the torii, look for the 70-centimetre posts, the stone wrapped round their feet and the large copper-clad frame (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Visiting

It is owned by the Shinmei Shrine religious corporation (Agency for Cultural Affairs). No official information on visiting was found. The main hall, offering hall, shrine office, purification pavilion, torii, banbei screen and arched bridge are introduced together on the Kaminoshima Shinmei Shrine page.