1. Gordon Cheng
SHINTO ART

2. SHINTO
Shintoism believes that everything has a
spirit, their main god was the sun called
Tenshodaijin. Their people go to a Shrine to
worship the gods.

3. SHRINE
The Japanese think the design of a shrine
should be simple. However, Japanese care
about the landscape design, arrangement,
and
embellishment.EventhoughJapaneseprefersi
mplicity in the shrine, butthe appearance
should still be mysterious.

4. TSUMAIRI(妻入) &HERAIRI(平入)

5. TORII
It’s purpose is to isolate the human world
from the heaven. So it is a door or entrance
to the heaven. Most of them are built by
woods and are usually painted red.

6. NAISHODUKURI(大社造)

8. SHINMENDUKURI(神明造)

10. SUMIYOSHIDUKURI(住吉造)

11. NAGAREDUKURI(流造)

12. KASUGADUKURI(春日造)

13. IRIMAYADUKURI(入母屋造)

14. HACHIMANDUKURI(八幡造)

15. GIONDUKURI(祇園造)

16. MEIJI JINKU

18. IZUMOTAISHA

19. ITSUKUSHIMASHRINE