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Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu near Kamakura Japan
This shrine built in 1063 where tiny Moto Hachiman now stands and is
dedicated to the
Emperor Ōjin, (deified with the name
Hachiman).
Minamoto no Yoritomo, the founder of the Kamakura shogunate, moved it to
its present location in 1191 and invited Hachiman to reside in the new
location to protect his government. For almost 700 years from its
foundation until the Shinto and Buddhism Separation Order of 1868,
its name was Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū-ji and it was also a Buddhist temple,
one of the oldest in Kamakura.
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