Engaku-ji
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Zuirokusan Engaku Kōshō Zenji, or Engaku-ji, is one of the most important Zen Buddhist temple complexes in Japan and is ranked second among Kamakura's Five Mountains. It is situated in the city of Kam
The stairs leading to the Sanmon
Drawing of Engaku-ji from the Shinpen Kamakurashi
The Sanmon (main gate)
Emperor Fushimi's calligraphy on top of the Sanmon
Kakusan-ni
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Kakusan-ni, also known as Kakusan Shidō, was a Japanese Buddhist nun and widow of Hōjō Tokimune, the eighth Shikken regent of the Kamakura shogunate. She was the founding abbess of Tōkei-ji temple in
Tōkei-ji temple in Kamakura, Japan
Hōjō Tokimune (Edo period illustration)
Temple grounds of Tōkei-ji, founded by Kakusan-ni in 1285, in 2009