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	Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine - The Encyclopedia
		Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine (é¶´å²¡å«å¹¡å®®, literally Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gÅ«) is the most important shrine in the city of Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
		Minamoto no Yoritomo, the founder of the Kamakura shogunate, moved it to its present location in 1191 and invited Hachiman, the god worshipped popularly among warriors, to reside there and guard his government.
		The present Senior Shrine building was constructed in 1828 by Ienari Tokugawa, the 11th Tokugawa shogun.
	www.the-encyclopedia.com /description/Tsurugaoka_Hachiman_Shrine (195 words)

	Hachiman
		Hachiman is the Shinto god of war, and divine protector of Japan and the Japanese people.
		Hachiman also became to be noted as the guardian of the Minamoto clan of samurai.
		Usa Shrine[?] in Oita prefecture is head shrine of all of these shrines and together with Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine and Iwashimuzu Shrine, are noted as the most important of all the shrines dedicated to Hachiman.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ha/Hachiman.html (349 words)

	Shinto - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		In 1871, a Ministry of Divinities was formed and Shinto shrines were divided into twelve levels with the Ise Shrine (dedicated to Amaterasu, and thus symbolic of the legitimacy of the Imperial family) at the peak and small sanctuaries of humble towns at the base.
		The visitor to a shrine purchases a wooden tablet with a likeness of a horse, or nowadays, something else (a snake, an arrow, even a portrait of Thomas Edison), writes a wish or prayer on the tablet, and hangs it at the shrine.
		Meiji Shrine (Tokyo), the shrine of Emperor Meiji
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Shinto (4306 words)

	Hachiman and Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine in Kamakura, Japan
		Hachiman is worshipped as the god of archery and war and later became the tutelary deity of the Minamoto Clan (esp. Minamoto Yoritomo, founder of the Kamakura shogunate).
		During the Kamakura Era, Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine was a mixture of Shinto and Buddhism elements, highlighting the syncratic approach of Yoritomo Minamoto (1147-1199), the founder of the shrine, and his claim to the lineage of the Imperial Family.
		Usa Shrine in Oita prefecture is head shrine of all of these shrines and together with Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine and Iwashimuzu Shrine, are noted as the most important of all the shrines dedicated to Hachiman.
	www.onmarkproductions.com /html/tsurugaoka-hachiman.shtml (1129 words)

	Hachiman - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Hachiman in the Guise of a Buddhist Monk, statue from Kamakura period, 1201 AD Hachiman is the Shinto god of war, and divine protector of Japan and the Japanese people.
		Minamoto no Yoshiie, upon coming of age at Iwashimizu Shrine in Kyoto, took the name Hachiman Taro Yoshiie and through his military prowess and virtue as a leader, became regarded and respected as the ideal samurai through the ages.
		Usa Shrine in Oita prefecture is head shrine of all of these shrines and together with Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine and Iwashimizu Shrine, are noted as the most important of all the shrines dedicated to Hachiman.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Hachiman (461 words)

	area:小町・西御門1
		Tsurugaoka Hachiman incorporated both Shinto and Buddhist beliefs and, until the Meiji Restoration, was known as the Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine and Temple.
		The Hachiman Shrine was first built in Yuigahama, close to the beach, and then moved to where the Wakamiya or Shitanomiya now stands at the bottom of the stairway in 1180 by Yoritomo.
		That shrine burnt to the ground ten years later, so the main shrine was finally moved to its present position at the top of the stairs.
	www.kcn-net.org /e_kama_history/komachi_yukinoshita/area1_1.htm (1970 words)

	Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tsurugaoka (鶴岡八幡宮) is the most important shrine in the city of Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
		The present Senior Shrine building was constructed in 1828 by Ienari Tokugawa, the 11th Tokugawa shogun.
		Yabusame, archery from horseback, is practiced at the shrine.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tsurugaoka_Hachiman_Shrine (227 words)

	JNTO Website \| Find a Location \| Kanagawa \| Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu Shrine and Komachi-dori Avenue
		Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu is the symbolic shrine of the old capital city, Kamakura.
		The shrine has retained its appearance as it is now since the shrine pavilion was added in 1191 by the Shogun Yoritomo Minamoto who established the Kamakura shogunate to rule Japan.
		Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu is the central tutelary shrine of the Kanto Region including Tokyo as well as being the tutelary shrine of the nation.
	www.jnto.go.jp /eng/location/regional/kanagawa/turuokahatimanguu_komatidoori.html (296 words)

	Hachiman is the Shinto Shinto god god of war war...
		Since ancient times Hachiman was worshipped by peasants as the god of agriculture agriculture and by fishermen who hoped he shall fill their nets with much fish.
		Hachiman also became to be noted as the guardian of the Minamoto Minamoto clan of samurai samurai.
		Usa Shrine Usa Shrine in Oita prefecture Oita prefecture is head shrine of all of these shrines and together with Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine and Iwashimuzu Shrine, are noted as the most important of all the shrines dedicated to Hachiman.
	www.biodatabase.de /Hachiman (459 words)

	A Gift to Hachiman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		TSURUGAOKA HACHIMANGU ; Famous temple located at Kamakura, dedicated to the god of war-in 1703 Minamoto Yoriyoshi had erected a temple on Yui-ga-Hama, dedicated to Hachiman, the titular god of his family.
		The temple of Tsurugaoka is one of the last remnants of the grandeur of Kamakura.
		There are three Torii that stand over the road to the shrine from Ni no Torii to Ichi no Torii, which stands at the entrance to the shrine grounds; there is a raised path, which is contained within sloping stone walls like that of a castle.
	www.nkb.ca /articles/hachiman.html (1465 words)

	tsurugaoka hachimangu
		Before the Meiji Imperial Restoration of 1868, the Shrine was a large complex of religious structures that mixed elements of Shinto and Buddhism under the concept that Shinto deities were manifestation of Buddhism divinities.
		Hachimangu Shrine is dedicated to Emperor Ojin {oh-gin} (?-310), the Fifteenth Emperor in the early 4th century (current emperor is said to be 125th) together with Empress Jingu (different Chinese ideograph from the one meaning a shrine), and is widely worshiped as the god of warriors.
		As the Minamoto family's shrine, several crests of the family, sasarindo {sah-sah-rin-doh} or insignia of a gentian, are emblazoned on pillars and beams of this shrine.
	www.asahi-net.or.jp /~QM9T-KNDU/hachiman.htm (3559 words)

	Shinto 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Shrines are also sometimes referred to as miya or honorable houses since shrines in ancient times were the most important houses in a village.
		Shrines are sometime dedicated to trios of kami such as the Iwashimizu-Hachiman shrine, for instance which is to Emperor Ojin, his mother the Empress Jingo and the Princess kami Himegami.
		The reason that these shrines are known as eight-banner shrines is that four white and four red banners were said to have fallen once from the heavens onto a village in Kyushu.
	www.csupomona.edu /~plin/ews431/shinto3a.html (413 words)

	Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine - Wikivisual
		Tsurugaoka (鶴岡八幡宮) is the most important shrine in the city of Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
		Minamoto no Yoritomo, the founder of the Kamakura shogunate, moved it to its present location in 1191 and invited Hachiman, the God of warriors, to reside there and guard his government.
		Minamoto no Sanetomo, the third Kamakura shogun, was assassinated on February 13, 1219 by an archer hiding behind the great ginkgo tree that still stands aside the great staircase at the shrine.
	en.wikivisual.com /index.php/Tsurugaoka_Hachiman_Shrine (188 words)

	Japan Travelogue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine was founded 800 years ago, and remains a symbol of Kamakura to this day.
		The San-no-torii Gate at the entrance to Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine.
		The fox is considered to be a messenger to the god enshrined at the Inari shrines.
	web-jpn.org /nipponia/nipponia15/tour.html (739 words)

	Hachiman information information - Search.com
		Hachiman in the Guise of a Buddhist Monk, statue from Kamakura period, 1201 AD Hachiman (Japanese, 八幡神 -shin, also can be read as Yawata no kami) is the Shinto god of war, and divine protector of Japan and the Japanese people.
		So much so was his popularity that presently there are over 30,000 shrines in Japan dedicated to Hachiman, the second most numerous after shrines dedicated to Inari.
		Usa Shrine in Usa, Oita prefecture is head shrine of all of these shrines and together with Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine and Iwashimizu Shrine, are noted as the most important of all the shrines dedicated to Hachiman.
	domainhelp.search.com /reference/Hachiman (403 words)

	Travel for Kids: Kamakura, Japan
		The hills are dotted with Shinto shrines and Zen Buddhist temples.
		Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu Shrine – This shrine is dedicated to Hachiman, the god of war and is also the guardian deity of the Minamotos.
		Egara Tenjin Shrine – Near to the Hachiman-gu shrine is the shrine for the god of education, Egara Tenjin.
	www.travelforkids.com /Funtodo/Japan/kamakura.htm (421 words)

	Japan in April
		Large fir trees are cut down and erected on the grounds of the shrine.
		The ceremony apparently is to represent the rebuilding of the shrine.
		Participants include people who help to cut down the tree, people carrying a box containing their "lords" clothes and other possessions, people dressed up as feudal lords and a group of people who sit on the log while another group uses ropes to raise the log to a vertical position.
	www.bookmice.net /darkchilde/japan/japr.html (767 words)

	area:小町・雪ノ下・西御門
		Until the early Meiji period, Tsurugaoka Hachiman incorporated both Shinto and Buddhist beliefs and was known as Tsurugaoka Hachimanguji, that is, Hachiman Shrine and Temple.
		Prior to his departure to Hachimangu Shrine where he met his death, he composed a poem of farewell, which suggests to us that Sanetomo was aware of the fate that awaited him.
		History: In the early Meiji period (1867-1912), the shrine gained its present name of Hiruko Jinja and is the tutelary shrine of the Komachi area.
	www.kcn-net.org /e_kama_history/komachi_yukinoshita/area1_2.htm (5140 words)

	Japan Glossary - Shinto
		Shinto has shrines, called jinja (神社) or sometimes "taisha" (大社), "jingu" (神宮), "hachimangu" (八幡宮), "tenmangu" (天満宮), "tenjin" (天神), etc.
		Some kami are very local and can be regarded as the spirit or genius of a particular place, but others represent major natural objects and processes, for example, Amaterasu Omikami, the Sun goddess.
		Shinto ways of thinking continue to be an important part of the Japanese mindset, though the number of people who identify themselves as religious has suffered a sharp decline.
	www.jref.com /glossary/shinto_traditions.shtml (3346 words)

	JapanCorner News
		On the 15th, mikoshi (portable shrines) are paraded through the ancient city streets.
		The Kamakura period marked the beginning of Japan's feudal period during which samurai ruled the land and the 'way of the warrior' (bushido) became their code.
		In 1187, Yoritomo ordered that the Shinto ritual of yabusame be practiced at Tsurugaoka-hachiman Shrine in Kamakura in order to promote discipline and religious devotion in his army of samurai.
	www.japancorner.com /news/festival.asp?story=50 (214 words)

	Iwashimizu Shrine - Free net encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Image:IwashimizuHachimangu.jpg The Iwashimizu Shrine (or Iwashimizu Hachiman-gū 石清水八幡宮) is a Shinto shrine in the city of Yawata in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
		Dedicated to Hachiman, the Shinto god of war, it stands on a wooded hill to the south of the city of Kyoto.
		It ranks with the Usa Shrine of Usa in Oita Prefecture and the Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture as one of the three most important Hachiman shrines.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/Iwashimizu_Shrine (121 words)

	The Age of the Samurai - Minamoto Yoshiie 1041-1108 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Only 13-years of age at the time Yoshiie earned the nickname 'Hachimantaro' which means 'firstborn son of Hachiman' (the kami of war), after acquitting himself bravely after the Minamoto forces withdrew from the siege of Sadato's stronghold, Kawaski, and were subsequently pursued by the rebels.
		In 1062 Yoshiie, again with his father, laid siege to Sadato's fortress of Kuriyagawa and pledged in his prayer to Hachiman a shrine to the kami of war should victory be given to them.
		After the siege on the road to Kyoto Yoshiie established the Tsurugaoka Hachiman shrine at Kamakura which became the holiest shrine to the kami of war for the Minamoto family.
	www.taots.co.uk /content/view/29/31 (582 words)

	Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu Shrine
		Minamoto-no-Yoriyoshi, head of the Genji samurai family, founded Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu in 1063 upon receiving the divine spirit of Iwashimizu Hachiman-gu in Kyoto.
		The shrine was moved to its present site in 1180 by his descendant, Minamoto-no-Yoritomo, who established the Kamakura shogunate and ruled Japan toward the end of the 12th century.
		In the shrine grounds stands a monument inscribed with a poem by Minamoto-no-Sanetomo, third shogun of the Kamakura shogunate and also a renowned poet.
	www.jnto.go.jp /eng/arrange/attractions/facilities/shrines_temples/83dn3a000000ehfm.html (111 words)

	Shinto Shrines
		Imperial shrines can be recognized by the imperial family's chrysanthemum crest and by the fact that they are often called "jingu" rather than "jinja".
		Hachiman Shrines are dedicated to Hachiman, the kami of war, which used to be particularly popular among the leading military clans of the past.
		Tenjin Shrines are dedicated to the kami of Sugawara Michizane, a Heian Period scholar and politician.
	www.japan-guide.com /e/e2059.html (960 words)

	JapanCorner - The Benihana Guide to Japan
		Located in the heart of Kamakura, Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu Shrine is the city’s most famous, drawing more than one million visitors over the New Year’s holidays alone.
		Yoritomo dedicated the shrine to ‘Hachiman’ – the god of war and patron god of the samurai.
		The shrine burned down in 1191 and was rebuilt on a nearby hillside, Tsurugaoka or hill of cranes.
	www.japancorner.com /kamakura.asp (880 words)

	Hachimanshrine
		Originally built by Minamoto no Yoriyoshi in 1063, it was relocated to its current location in Kamakura in 1180 by Minamoto no Yoritomo.
		Hachiman is the god of war and the patron god of the Minamoto family as well as of all samurai.
		Nichiren Daishonin stopped at this shrine to speak his "last words" to Bodhisattva Hachiman the night he was taken to Tatsunokuchi Beach to be executed.
	www.udumbarafoundation.org /Museum/Hachimanshrine.html (175 words)

	KAMAKURA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Today, eight centuries later, the city is still dominated by Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine, dedicated to the Minamoto's patron god of war, and by Wakamiya Oji, the cherry tree-lined avenue linking Hachiman Shrine to Sagami Bay.
		The most famous shrine in Kamakura founded in 1063 by the Genji family, the creators of the Kamakura Shogunate, it became the center of politics and culture at that time.
		A popular shrine in which the worshipers believe that if they wash their money in the spring water there on prescribed days, they can more than double the money eventually.
	www.cfay.navy.mil /fscyoko/maps/kamakura.htm (1550 words)

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