The broken torii used in the figure is similar to the one-legged gate that stands as a monument to those lost when an atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki during World War 2.

People walk past a Torii gate at Meiji shrine in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2024. A 65-year-old American tourist was arrested for allegedly etching letters onto a traditional wooden gate at a Tokyo shrine ...

Therefore, a $70 collectible of a desecrated Torii gate can be seen as culturally insensitive and deeply disrespectful. Some social media users have likened this figure to selling a statue of a ...