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==History==

==History==

The shrine got its start in [[1063]], as an extension or branch of [[Iwashimizu Hachiman Shrine]], when [[Minamoto no Yoriyoshi]] prayed to [[Hachiman]] for victory against [[Abe no Sadato|Abe no Sadatô]]. Yoriyoshi's son [[Minamoto no Yoshiie]] repaired the shrine in [[1081]] and moved it from the village of Yui (today the neighborhood [[Yuigahama]]) to the village of Kobayashi. [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]] moved it again, to its current location in [[1180]], making it the center of the city of [[Kamakura]]. The main street, Wakamiya-ôji, runs directly southwest from the main entrance to the shrine.

The shrine got its start in [[1063]], as an extension or branch of [[Iwashimizu Hachiman Shrine]], when [[Minamoto no Yoriyoshi]] prayed to [[Hachiman]] for victory against [[Abe no Sadato|Abe no Sadatô]]. Yoriyoshi's son [[Minamoto no Yoshiie]] repaired the shrine in [[1081]] and moved it from the village of Yui (today the neighborhood [[Yuigahama]]) to the village of Kobayashi. [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]] moved it again, to its current location in [[1180]], making it the center of the city of [[Kamakura]]. The main street, [[Wakamiya-oji|Wakamiya-ôji]], runs directly southwest from the main entrance to the shrine.

Yoritomo made it his family's tutelary shrine, a site for official [[Kamakura shogunate]] ritual events, as well as a shrine dedicated to protecting the shogunate, the Minamoto clan, and its vassals. It was made into a syncretic [[Shinto|Shintô]]-[[Buddhism|Buddhist]] site, and twenty-five Buddhist monks, along with a head monk, were assigned to the shrine. A head priest was chosen from the [[Otomo clan|Ôtomo clan]], but was subordinate to the monks' authority.

Yoritomo made it his family's tutelary shrine, a site for official [[Kamakura shogunate]] ritual events, as well as a shrine dedicated to protecting the shogunate, the Minamoto clan, and its vassals. It was made into a syncretic [[Shinto|Shintô]]-[[Buddhism|Buddhist]] site, and twenty-five Buddhist monks, along with a head monk, were assigned to the shrine. A head priest was chosen from the [[Otomo clan|Ôtomo clan]], but was subordinate to the monks' authority.