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The Amida Hall of Hasedera houses the image of a seated Amida Buddha, endowed by Minamoto no Yoritomo when he was 42 — a particularly unlucky age according to popular Japanese belief.
In Kamakura proper, don’t miss Tsuru-ga-oka Hachimangu, the shrine complex built by Yoritomo no Minamoto, the first Kamakura shogun.
It was dedicated to the legendary Emperor Ojin, from whom Yoritomo claimed descent.
In many ways Yoritomo was a less-than-admirable figure in Japanese history, but you still might want to stop at this little moss-covered stone pagoda to pay your respects.
Japan’s austere, ruthless, but statesmanlike new ruler, Yoritomo Minamoto, set up his government in Kamakura (just south of modern Tokyo), well away from the “softening” influence of court life that had been the undoing of his predecessor, Kiyomori.