Chigi (architecture)
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Chigi, Okichigi or Higi are forked roof finials found in Japanese and Shinto architecture. Chigi predate Buddhist influence and are an architectural element endemic to Japan. They are an important aes
Chigi with katsuogi billets, Sumiyoshi-jinja, Hyōgo
Kamakura-gū
Bargeboard chigi at Ise Shrine
Nishioka Hachiman-gū
Shinto shrine
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A Shinto shrine is a structure whose main purpose is to house one or more kami, the deities of the Shinto religion.
Two women praying in front of a shrine
Mount Nantai, worshiped at Futarasan Shrine, has the shape of the phallic stone rods found in pre-agricultural Jōmon sites.
An example of jingū-ji: Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū-ji in an old drawing. In the foreground the shrine-temple's Buddhist structures (not extant), among them a pagoda, a belltower and a niōmon. The shrine (extant) is above.
Mount Fuji is Japan's most famous shintai.