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person. There are four other entrances in the Itagaki, formed by torii, one on the east, one on the west, and two on the north side. Those on the east and west are near the lower or left-hand end, and opposite to each stands a bampei about 24 feet distant. Of those on the north side, one is situated about the middle, and has a bampei opposite to it. The other, which is smaller, only gives access to the mi-ké-den, which is probably the reason of the absence of the bampei. The whole of the Itagaki, with the exception of the San no torii on the south side, has been erected since the Restoration in 1868.
The third torii gives access into what appears to be a smaller Court, the further end of which is formed by a gateway protected by a thatched roof, and closed ordinarily by a curtain, the two sides being shut in by low wooden fences. On the left hand is a gatekeeper’s lodge.
Unless the pilgrim be a privileged person he is prevented by the curtain from seeing further into the interior. A full view can however be obtained by ascending a bank on the west side of the enclosure, from which the whole arrangement of the shrine is at once perceived.
The thatched gateway above mentioned is the principal opening in a second fence composed of very narrow boards alternately long and short placed at intervals of about a foot, with two horizontal railings, the one running along the top, the other along the centre. The distance of this fence from the outer enclosure varies, being 35 feet on the south, 27 feet on the west, 25 on the east, and 10 feet on the north. It is called the Soto Famagaki, and like the Itagaki has been erected within the last six years. Besides the gateway on the south, there are three others, one on each side, corresponding to the other three main torii in the Itagaki. These gateways are torii, closed with solid gates, an arrangement rarely seen in Shintô temples. On passing through the thatched gateway the visitor finds himself in a second court, on the right-hand side of which stands a sort of shed, 40 feet in length by 20 in depth, called the Shijô
