Kamakura : fact & legend / Iso Mutsu ; with a foreword by Lady Bouchier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mutsu, Iso, 1868-1930.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhist temples--Japan--Kamakura-shi.

Buddhist temples.

Shinto shrines--Japan--Kamakura-shi.

Shinto shrines.

Kamakura-shi (Japan)--History.

Kamakura-shi (Japan).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Edition:

1st Tuttle ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Kamakura: Fact and Legend has long been the definitive work on Kamakura. This book is the lifetime achievement of Countess Iso Mutsu(nee Gertrude Ethel Passingham) a talented, inquisitive Englishwoman who against all odds married a Japanese diplomat at the turn of the century, and so came to live most of her life in this beautiful city.Kamakura: Fact and Legend, the only book that Iso Mutsu wrote, is a testament to the devotion with which she succeeded in unlocking Kamakura's secrets for the outside world. The inspiration and reference for later works on Kamakura, this c

Contents:

CONTENTS; Foreword by Lady Bouchier; Preface by lan Mutsu; Historical Sketch; KAMAKURA; 1 Egara Tenjin; 2 Sugimoto-dera; 3 Hōkoku-ji; 4 Jōmyō-ji; 5 Kōsoku-ji (Jūniso); 6 Zuisen-ji; 7 Kamakura Shrine; 8 Kakuon-ji; 9 The Tomb of Yoritomo; 10 Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine; 11 Kenchō-ji; 12 Arai no Enmadō (Ennō-ji); 13 Tōkei-ji; 14 Engaku-ji; 15 Meigetsu-in; 16 Jōchi-ji; 17 The Fudō Temple and Lake of Imaizumi; 18 Jufuku-ji; 19 Eishō-ji; 20 The Tomb of Tamesuke; 21 Kuzuharagaoka Jinja; 22 Kaizō-ji; 23 The Daibutsu, Sasuke-Inari Shrine, and Zeni-arai Benten; 24 Yugyō-ji (Fujisawa); 25 Amanawa Jinja

26 Kōsoku-ji27 Hase Kannon; 28 Gongorō Jinja; 29 The Road to Enoshima; 30 Gokuraku-ji; 31 Inamuragasaki; 32 Ryūkō-ji (Katase); 33 Nichiren Shōnin; 34 Myōhon-ji; 35 Hongaku-ji and Myōryū-ji; 36 Hōkai-ji; 37 Enmei-ji; 38 Fudaraku-ji; 39 Nichiren Temples (Ankokuron-ji, Myōhō-ji, and Chōshō-ji); 40 Kōmyō-ji; 41 Jinmu-ji and Kanazawa; 42 The Cave of Taya (Taya no Dōkutsu); 43 Enoshima; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-4629-0871-3

OCLC:

818817433