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| [[Image:Tsurugaoka.jpg|right|thumb|400px|A view of Tsurugaoka Hachimangû, with the main worship hall visible above the ''maiden''.]] | | [[Image:Tsurugaoka.jpg|right|thumb|400px|A view of Tsurugaoka Hachimangû, with the main worship hall visible above the ''maiden''.]] |
| + | [[File:Tsurugaoka-ginkgo.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The massive [[ginkgo]] behind which [[Minamoto Kugyo|Minamoto Kugyô]] hid before springing out to assassinate Shogun [[Minamoto no Sanetomo]] in [[1219]]. The tree fell over in a storm in 2010, but is being regrown from cuttings]] |
| *''Founded: [[1063]]'' | | *''Founded: [[1063]]'' |
| *''Japanese'': 鶴岡八幡宮 ''(tsurugaoka hachimanguu)'' | | *''Japanese'': 鶴岡八幡宮 ''(tsurugaoka hachimanguu)'' |
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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. |
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| 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. |
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| *"Tsurugaoka Hachimangû." ''Nihon daihyakka zensho Nipponica'' 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ). Shogakukan. | | *"Tsurugaoka Hachimangû." ''Nihon daihyakka zensho Nipponica'' 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ). Shogakukan. |
| *"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E9%B6%B4%E5%B2%A1%E5%85%AB%E5%B9%A1%E5%AE%AE Tsurugaoka Hachimangu]." ''Sekai daihyakka jiten'' 世界大百科事典. Hitachi Solutions, 2012. | | *"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E9%B6%B4%E5%B2%A1%E5%85%AB%E5%B9%A1%E5%AE%AE Tsurugaoka Hachimangu]." ''Sekai daihyakka jiten'' 世界大百科事典. Hitachi Solutions, 2012. |
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| + | ==External Links== |
| + | *[http://maps.google.com/maps?q=%E9%B6%B4%E5%B2%A1%E5%85%AB%E5%B9%A1%E5%AE%AE&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sll=35.038296,135.738902&sspn=0.038581,0.037251&t=h&hq=%E9%B6%B4%E5%B2%A1%E5%85%AB%E5%B9%A1%E5%AE%AE&z=14 Tsurugaoka Hachimangû on Google Maps] |
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| [[Category:Shrines]] | | [[Category:Shrines]] |
| [[Category:Kamakura Period]] | | [[Category:Kamakura Period]] |