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Rebecca J. White

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Birth of a Torii

Birth of a Torii reimagines the origin of the torii, the traditional Japanese gate that marks the way into a shrine or sacred space.

Rebecca sets it, as a gesture of reverence, in places you would not expect to find one: among yatai street stalls at dusk, in the glow of a konbini, beside rice terraces and mossy cedars. Each work is acrylic on canvas, built up with razor blades and brushes and overlaid with fine lines that read like circuitry.

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12 original paintings available

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Birth of a Torii #16 · Yatai, acrylic on canvas painting by Rebecca J. White

Birth of a Torii #16 · Yatai

36 × 24 in · acrylic on canvas · 2025

Birth of a Torii

$800

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Why this one: In Fukuoka at dusk, a torii comes to be among the yatai street stalls.

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Birth of a Torii #39 · Kamishikimi, acrylic on canvas painting by Rebecca J. White

Birth of a Torii #39 · Kamishikimi

24 × 36 in · acrylic on canvas · 2026

Birth of a Torii

$900

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Why this one: At Kamishikimi Kumanoimasu Shrine in Kumamoto, a torii is born among the mossy cedar trees.

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Birth of a Torii #32 · YATAI, acrylic on canvas painting by Rebecca J. White

Birth of a Torii #32 · YATAI

24 × 24 in · acrylic on canvas · 2026

Birth of a Torii

$800

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Why this one: In Fukuoka along the river, a torii comes to be among the yatai street stalls.

Framed and ready to hang · Signed on the front