神性の到来を予感した神職は立派な大鳥居を建立したが、
到来した“神”は自分を迎えた鳥居の矮小さに激怒した。

―――書籍「国道の大鳥居その成り立ち」より

A shinto priest had a premonition of a divine coming and erected a grand torii but,
the "god" that arrived became enraged at the smallness of the torii that summoned it.

---Reference: Book ‘The origin of the Huge Torii located along the National Road’