| Visual Index of Kamakura Sites (Site name and description) | |||
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Daibutsu Image (1252) An enormous image of the Buddha cast in bronze. |
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Daigyo-ji Temple (age unknown) A temple enshrining the goddess of childbirth. |
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Engakuj-ji Temple (1282) A temple erected to propitiate the souls of those who lost their lives in the attempted Mongol invasion of Japan. |
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Hase-dera Temple (at least 13th century) A temple dedicated to Kannon. |
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Hongaku-ji Temple (mid 15th century) A temple erected on the site of an earlier shrine to Ebisu, the god of commerce and fishermen. |
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Jōchi-ji Temple (late 13th century) The fourth-ranked of the five great Zen Temples at Kamakura. |
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Jufuku-ji Temple (early 12th century) The third-ranked of the five great Zen Temples at Kamakura. |
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Kenchō-ji Temple (1253) The first-ranked of the five great Zen Temples at Kamakura. |
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Meigetsu-in Temple (1383) All that is left of the vast Zenko-ji temple of ages past. |
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Myohōnji Temple (13th century) A temple founded at the site of a battle between factions competing for the Shogunate. |
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Taisenkaku Inn (1927) An inn in continuous operation since 1927. |
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Tatsumi Jinja Shrine (age unknown) Enshrines Okutsuhiko no Kami, the god of kitchens and cooking fires. |
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Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū Shrine (1180) Shrine to Hachiman, the tutelary deity of the Minamoto clan. |
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Yasaka Daijin Shrine (age unknown) Enshrines Susanoo no Mikoto. |
Bibliography:
Image credits: All images copyright 2007 Timothy M. Ciccone. Photographed late July 2007.
Nishi, Kazuo and Kazuo Hozumi. What is Japanese Architecture?
Kodansha International, 1983. Tokyo and New York
Daibutsu: The Great Buddha of Kamakura
Published by Takao Sato. No author, copyright date, or city of publication given (from a pamphlet purchased on-site).