Shirahige Shrine Torii Study II Wood Print

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Shirahige Torii is a beautiful "floating" torii located a few meters off Lake Biwa (Biwa-ko), the largest lake in Japan.

The religious structure is right in front of the Shirahige-Jinja Shinto shrine in Ukawa, just south of the city Takashima.

Shirahige Shrine, which translates into "white beard" in English, is dedicated to Sarutahiko Ōkami (猿田毘古大神, 猿田彦大神), a kami, or object of veneration of the Shinto faith, in this case, a spirit, husband of Ama-no-Uzume (天宇受売命, 天鈿女命), the female deity (kami) of the dawn.

Sarutahiko is depicted as a large man with long white hair, a bushy white beard, a prominent nose, and a spear in his hand. He is considered, among other things, the deity of longevity and grants divine blessings for marriage, luck, childbirth, and travel.

Tradition places the shrine's origins around 2,000 years ago, but it is believed to have been built around 1600, while the torii at Shirahige Jinja, includin...

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