Myoru-ji and Hokai-ji Temples and Egara-tenjin and Kamakura-gu Shrines;Walking in the east Kamakura area - No.2

Myoru-ji Temple

A wooden idol of Nisshin-shonin at Myoryu-ji Temple who warned the 6th shogunate of the Ashikaga government and was tortured by him. This is one of the Seven Gods of Fortune in Kamakura, Jurojin. This temple belongs to Nichirenshu-sect of Buddhism Hokai-ji Temple

Hokai-ji Temple was built by the order of the Emperor Godaigo to morn the soul of Takatoki Hojo, the fourteenth regent of the Kamakura and his clan. This site used to be where Hojo's residence existed.

Egara-tenjin Shrine

The picture on the right is Egara-tenjin Shrine. It is one of the three shrines where Michizane Sugawara, the God of Wisdom, has been enshrined. The other two are Dazaifu-tenmangu Shrine in Fukuoka and Kitano-tenmangu Shrine in Kyoto. The picture on the left is a monument of the Japanese cartoonists on which their cartoons are being carved.

Kamakur-gu Shrine

Kamakura-gu Shrine was built by the order of the Meiji Emperor to morn the death of Prince Morinaga, the son of the Emperor Godaigo.

Prince Morinaga was detained in the cave cell below and murdered after nine months' cofinement.

This is a portrait of Prince Morinaga.