page_title: Sannō Shrine
section_title: Torii
hierarchical_section_title: Sannō Shrine / Torii
caption_attribution_description: English: In the foreground in in the Ichino torii. In the red box is Sannō Shrine's second torii (with only one supporting column still standing); and just behind the torii is the main platform of the shine precincts. Context note: One of the two pillars of the Sannō Shrine torii was toppled by the A-bomb blast. The blast also blew away the branches and leaves of the two camphor trees in the precincts of the Shrine, which were then more than 500 years old. At that time, it was feared that the trees might wither and die; however, they gradually began to recover, and now are thickly covered with leaves and branches. 日本語: 原爆投下直後の一の鳥居と二の鳥居（一本柱鳥居、赤枠部分）
context_page_description: The Sannō Shrine, located about 800 metres south-east of the atomic bomb hypocentre in Nagasaki, is noted for its one-legged stone torii at the shrine entrance.
context_section_description: The well-known one-legged torii or one-legged arch (一本柱鳥居) was one of the unanticipated results of the atomic bomb blast on August 9, 1945.
  The epicenter of the bomb's destructive force was located approximately 800 meters from the shrine (in the right background of the image on the left).
  One support column was knocked down; but the other somehow remained standing, keeping the gate upright. The force of the shockwave rotated the torii about 30 degrees on its pedestal base. The central part of the shrine is located just behind where the photographer of the image on the right.
caption: The one-legged torii of Sannō Shrine is outlined in red.
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