Minamoto no Yoritomo
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Yoritomo was the third son of Minamoto no Yoshitomo, heir of the Minamoto (Seiwa Genji) clan, and his official wife, a daughter of Fujiwara no Suenori, who was a member of the illustrious Fujiwara clan. Yoritomo was born in Atsuta, Owari Province(present-day Atsuta-ku, Nagoya). At that time Yoritomo's grandfather Minamoto no Tameyoshi, was the head of the Minamoto.
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Fumonji was established around 1300 years ago in Toyohashi by a Buddhist priest of the Nara period. Protected by Minamoto no Yoritomo of the Kamakura Shogunate and the Tokugawa Shogunate, Fumonji Temple flourished as a the center of Buddhism in Higashi Mikawa Region.
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約1300年前に行基により開山されたと伝えられている普門寺。源頼朝公や徳川幕府の保護を受けた歴史もあり、多数の文化財を所蔵する、自然豊かな地域を代表する寺院として、地域の信仰の拠り所となっている。
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Cinematic Japan - Kita-Kamakura - Dji Spark
Kamakura is a city in the southern part of Kanagawa prefecture. More than eight centuries ago, it prospered as the seat of the Kamakura shogunate, back when samurai were the ruling class of Japan. Up until that point, Kyoto had been the nation’s capital, but the lord Minamoto no Yoritomo carried out his nation-building endeavors with Kamakura as the hub of the country, and the culture of Kamakura still remains in many temples and traditional arts.
Even in modern-day Kamakura, there are many temples that evoke the character of Kamakura’s time as the capital, as well as places to try Zen meditation and participate in tea ceremonies. The city’s seafood dishes, popular among gourmets, use fresh young sardines from the nearby ocean. In addition, there are many cool cafes and a variety of stores, making Kamakura a popular tourist destination for men and women of all ages.
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Kanagawa Kamakura Yabusame Matsuri - 流鏑馬 : It was in the 12th Century, that Kamakura quickly became a city of both Japanese politics and culture, as influential as Kyoto, with the iconic Tsurugaoka Hachimangu temple at its center. Because of its influence, Kamakura gathered a powerful army and as such had to train its troops and samurais in the latest combat techniques with “Yabusame” or horseback archery at one of the main disciplines.
Created and perfected in Kamakura, during what historians call the ‘Kamakura Period’ (1185-1333), Yabusame came from the alarming lack of archery skills of Shogun Minamoto’s Yoritomo samurais. Made mandatory for its skilled warriors, Yabusame became one of Japan’s martial arts as well as a part of its cultural heritage with Yabusame events taking place all across Japan every year.
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The history of Japan(日本の歴史)
日本の歴史
Emperor: Akihito (1989)
Prime Minister: Shinzo Abe (2012)
Land area: 140,728 sq mi (364,485 sq km); total area: 145,913 sq mi (377,915 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 127,103,388 (growth rate: -0.13%); birth rate: 8.07/1000; infant mortality rate: 2.13/1000; life expectancy: 84.46
Capital and largest city (2009 est.): Tokyo, 37.217 million
Other large cities: Osaka-Kobe 11.494 million; Nagoya 3.328 million; Fukuoka-Kitakyushu 2.868 million; Sapporo 2.742 million; Sendai 2.428 million (2011)
Monetary unit: Yen
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Noda Wins Party Leadership Vote, but Faces Strong Opposition
Shinzo Abe Becomes Prime Minister Again in Late 2012
Ongoing Fukushima Leak Declared an Emergency
Japan Lifts Decades Old Arms Ban
China, South Korea, and Japan Hold First Foreign Minister Talks in Three Years
Military Legislation Sparks Protests
Geography
An archipelago in the Pacific, Japan is separated from the east coast of Asia by the Sea of Japan. It is approximately the size of Montana. Japan's four main islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku. The Ryukyu chain to the southwest was U.S.-occupied from 1945 to 1972, when it reverted to Japanese control, and the Kurils to the northeast are Russian-occupied.
Government
Constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government.
History
Legend attributes the creation of Japan to the sun goddess, from whom the emperors were descended. The first of them was Jimmu, supposed to have ascended the throne in 660 B.C., a tradition that constituted official doctrine until 1945.
Recorded Japanese history begins in approximately A.D. 400, when the Yamato clan, eventually based in Kyoto, managed to gain control of other family groups in central and western Japan. Contact with Korea introduced Buddhism to Japan at about this time. Through the 700s Japan was much influenced by China, and the Yamato clan set up an imperial court similar to that of China. In the ensuing centuries, the authority of the imperial court was undermined as powerful gentry families vied for control.
At the same time, warrior clans were rising to prominence as a distinct class known as samurai. In 1192, the Minamoto clan set up a military government under their leader, Yoritomo. He was designated shogun (military dictator). For the following 700 years, shoguns from a succession of clans ruled in Japan, while the imperial court existed in relative obscurity.
First contact with the West came in about 1542, when a Portuguese ship off course arrived in Japanese waters. Portuguese traders, Jesuit missionaries, and Spanish, Dutch, and English traders followed. Suspicious of Christianity and of Portuguese support of a local Japanese revolt, the shoguns of the Tokugawa period (1603–1867) prohibited all trade with foreign countries; only a Dutch trading post at Nagasaki was permitted. Western attempts to renew trading relations failed until 1853, when Commodore Matthew Perry sailed an American fleet into Tokyo Bay. Trade with the West was forced upon Japan under terms less than favorable to the Japanese. Strife caused by these actions brought down the feudal world of the shoguns. In 1868, the emperor Meiji came to the throne, and the shogun system was abolished.
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The most Beautiful Place of the Japan(日本の最も美しい場所)
日本の最も美しい場所
Emperor: Akihito (1989)
Prime Minister: Shinzo Abe (2012)
Land area: 140,728 sq mi (364,485 sq km); total area: 145,913 sq mi (377,915 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 127,103,388 (growth rate: -0.13%); birth rate: 8.07/1000; infant mortality rate: 2.13/1000; life expectancy: 84.46
Capital and largest city (2009 est.): Tokyo, 37.217 million
Other large cities: Osaka-Kobe 11.494 million; Nagoya 3.328 million; Fukuoka-Kitakyushu 2.868 million; Sapporo 2.742 million; Sendai 2.428 million (2011)
Monetary unit: Yen
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Succession of Prime Ministers Meet Only Fleeting Popularity
Scandals Taint Leadership
Tsunami Devastates Japan and Causes Nuclear Disaster
Tension Increases with Asian Neighbors Over Islands
Noda Wins Party Leadership Vote, but Faces Strong Opposition
Shinzo Abe Becomes Prime Minister Again in Late 2012
Ongoing Fukushima Leak Declared an Emergency
Japan Lifts Decades Old Arms Ban
China, South Korea, and Japan Hold First Foreign Minister Talks in Three Years
Military Legislation Sparks Protests
Geography
An archipelago in the Pacific, Japan is separated from the east coast of Asia by the Sea of Japan. It is approximately the size of Montana. Japan's four main islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku. The Ryukyu chain to the southwest was U.S.-occupied from 1945 to 1972, when it reverted to Japanese control, and the Kurils to the northeast are Russian-occupied.
Government
Constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government.
History
Legend attributes the creation of Japan to the sun goddess, from whom the emperors were descended. The first of them was Jimmu, supposed to have ascended the throne in 660 B.C., a tradition that constituted official doctrine until 1945.
Recorded Japanese history begins in approximately A.D. 400, when the Yamato clan, eventually based in Kyoto, managed to gain control of other family groups in central and western Japan. Contact with Korea introduced Buddhism to Japan at about this time. Through the 700s Japan was much influenced by China, and the Yamato clan set up an imperial court similar to that of China. In the ensuing centuries, the authority of the imperial court was undermined as powerful gentry families vied for control.
At the same time, warrior clans were rising to prominence as a distinct class known as samurai. In 1192, the Minamoto clan set up a military government under their leader, Yoritomo. He was designated shogun (military dictator). For the following 700 years, shoguns from a succession of clans ruled in Japan, while the imperial court existed in relative obscurity.
First contact with the West came in about 1542, when a Portuguese ship off course arrived in Japanese waters. Portuguese traders, Jesuit missionaries, and Spanish, Dutch, and English traders followed. Suspicious of Christianity and of Portuguese support of a local Japanese revolt, the shoguns of the Tokugawa period (1603–1867) prohibited all trade with foreign countries; only a Dutch trading post at Nagasaki was permitted. Western attempts to renew trading relations failed until 1853, when Commodore Matthew Perry sailed an American fleet into Tokyo Bay. Trade with the West was forced upon Japan under terms less than favorable to the Japanese. Strife caused by these actions brought down the feudal world of the shoguns. In 1868, the emperor Meiji came to the throne, and the shogun system was abolished.
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Listen to History of Japan 日本の歴史を聴く
Emperor: Akihito (1989)
Prime Minister: Shinzo Abe (2012)
Land area: 140,728 sq mi (364,485 sq km); total area: 145,913 sq mi (377,915 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 127,103,388 (growth rate: -0.13%); birth rate: 8.07/1000; infant mortality rate: 2.13/1000; life expectancy: 84.46
Capital and largest city (2009 est.): Tokyo, 37.217 million
Other large cities: Osaka-Kobe 11.494 million; Nagoya 3.328 million; Fukuoka-Kitakyushu 2.868 million; Sapporo 2.742 million; Sendai 2.428 million (2011)
Monetary unit: Yen
More Facts & Figures
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Japan Main Page
Japan Expands Its Empire
Japan Tests Its Military Might
Economic Recovery Is Followed by Deep Recession
Succession of Prime Ministers Meet Only Fleeting Popularity
Scandals Taint Leadership
Tsunami Devastates Japan and Causes Nuclear Disaster
Tension Increases with Asian Neighbors Over Islands
Noda Wins Party Leadership Vote, but Faces Strong Opposition
Shinzo Abe Becomes Prime Minister Again in Late 2012
Ongoing Fukushima Leak Declared an Emergency
Japan Lifts Decades Old Arms Ban
China, South Korea, and Japan Hold First Foreign Minister Talks in Three Years
Military Legislation Sparks Protests
Geography
An archipelago in the Pacific, Japan is separated from the east coast of Asia by the Sea of Japan. It is approximately the size of Montana. Japan's four main islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku. The Ryukyu chain to the southwest was U.S.-occupied from 1945 to 1972, when it reverted to Japanese control, and the Kurils to the northeast are Russian-occupied.
Government
Constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government.
History
Legend attributes the creation of Japan to the sun goddess, from whom the emperors were descended. The first of them was Jimmu, supposed to have ascended the throne in 660 B.C., a tradition that constituted official doctrine until 1945.
Recorded Japanese history begins in approximately A.D. 400, when the Yamato clan, eventually based in Kyoto, managed to gain control of other family groups in central and western Japan. Contact with Korea introduced Buddhism to Japan at about this time. Through the 700s Japan was much influenced by China, and the Yamato clan set up an imperial court similar to that of China. In the ensuing centuries, the authority of the imperial court was undermined as powerful gentry families vied for control.
At the same time, warrior clans were rising to prominence as a distinct class known as samurai. In 1192, the Minamoto clan set up a military government under their leader, Yoritomo. He was designated shogun (military dictator). For the following 700 years, shoguns from a succession of clans ruled in Japan, while the imperial court existed in relative obscurity.
First contact with the West came in about 1542, when a Portuguese ship off course arrived in Japanese waters. Portuguese traders, Jesuit missionaries, and Spanish, Dutch, and English traders followed. Suspicious of Christianity and of Portuguese support of a local Japanese revolt, the shoguns of the Tokugawa period (1603–1867) prohibited all trade with foreign countries; only a Dutch trading post at Nagasaki was permitted. Western attempts to renew trading relations failed until 1853, when Commodore Matthew Perry sailed an American fleet into Tokyo Bay. Trade with the West was forced upon Japan under terms less than favorable to the Japanese. Strife caused by these actions brought down the feudal world of the shoguns. In 1868, the emperor Meiji came to the throne, and the shogun system was abolished.
Tokyo History Festival(東京時代祭り) - Ariwara no Narihira(在原業平)/Minamoto no Yoritomo(源頼朝), Nov 3, 2013
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The most Beautiful Place of Japan(日本の最も美しい場所)
日本の最も美しい場所
Emperor: Akihito (1989)
Prime Minister: Shinzo Abe (2012)
Land area: 140,728 sq mi (364,485 sq km); total area: 145,913 sq mi (377,915 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 127,103,388 (growth rate: -0.13%); birth rate: 8.07/1000; infant mortality rate: 2.13/1000; life expectancy: 84.46
Capital and largest city (2009 est.): Tokyo, 37.217 million
Other large cities: Osaka-Kobe 11.494 million; Nagoya 3.328 million; Fukuoka-Kitakyushu 2.868 million; Sapporo 2.742 million; Sendai 2.428 million (2011)
Monetary unit: Yen
More Facts & Figures
NextFlag of Japan
Index
Japan Main Page
Japan Expands Its Empire
Japan Tests Its Military Might
Economic Recovery Is Followed by Deep Recession
Succession of Prime Ministers Meet Only Fleeting Popularity
Scandals Taint Leadership
Tsunami Devastates Japan and Causes Nuclear Disaster
Tension Increases with Asian Neighbors Over Islands
Noda Wins Party Leadership Vote, but Faces Strong Opposition
Shinzo Abe Becomes Prime Minister Again in Late 2012
Ongoing Fukushima Leak Declared an Emergency
Japan Lifts Decades Old Arms Ban
China, South Korea, and Japan Hold First Foreign Minister Talks in Three Years
Military Legislation Sparks Protests
Geography
An archipelago in the Pacific, Japan is separated from the east coast of Asia by the Sea of Japan. It is approximately the size of Montana. Japan's four main islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku. The Ryukyu chain to the southwest was U.S.-occupied from 1945 to 1972, when it reverted to Japanese control, and the Kurils to the northeast are Russian-occupied.
Government
Constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government.
History
Legend attributes the creation of Japan to the sun goddess, from whom the emperors were descended. The first of them was Jimmu, supposed to have ascended the throne in 660 B.C., a tradition that constituted official doctrine until 1945.
Recorded Japanese history begins in approximately A.D. 400, when the Yamato clan, eventually based in Kyoto, managed to gain control of other family groups in central and western Japan. Contact with Korea introduced Buddhism to Japan at about this time. Through the 700s Japan was much influenced by China, and the Yamato clan set up an imperial court similar to that of China. In the ensuing centuries, the authority of the imperial court was undermined as powerful gentry families vied for control.
At the same time, warrior clans were rising to prominence as a distinct class known as samurai. In 1192, the Minamoto clan set up a military government under their leader, Yoritomo. He was designated shogun (military dictator). For the following 700 years, shoguns from a succession of clans ruled in Japan, while the imperial court existed in relative obscurity.
First contact with the West came in about 1542, when a Portuguese ship off course arrived in Japanese waters. Portuguese traders, Jesuit missionaries, and Spanish, Dutch, and English traders followed. Suspicious of Christianity and of Portuguese support of a local Japanese revolt, the shoguns of the Tokugawa period (1603–1867) prohibited all trade with foreign countries; only a Dutch trading post at Nagasaki was permitted. Western attempts to renew trading relations failed until 1853, when Commodore Matthew Perry sailed an American fleet into Tokyo Bay. Trade with the West was forced upon Japan under terms less than favorable to the Japanese. Strife caused by these actions brought down the feudal world of the shoguns. In 1868, the emperor Meiji came to the throne, and the shogun system was abolished.
The country of Japan(日本の国)
The country of Japan
日本の国
Emperor: Akihito (1989)
Prime Minister: Shinzo Abe (2012)
Land area: 140,728 sq mi (364,485 sq km); total area: 145,913 sq mi (377,915 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 127,103,388 (growth rate: -0.13%); birth rate: 8.07/1000; infant mortality rate: 2.13/1000; life expectancy: 84.46
Capital and largest city (2009 est.): Tokyo, 37.217 million
Other large cities: Osaka-Kobe 11.494 million; Nagoya 3.328 million; Fukuoka-Kitakyushu 2.868 million; Sapporo 2.742 million; Sendai 2.428 million (2011)
Monetary unit: Yen
More Facts & Figures
NextFlag of Japan
Index
Japan Main Page
Japan Expands Its Empire
Japan Tests Its Military Might
Economic Recovery Is Followed by Deep Recession
Succession of Prime Ministers Meet Only Fleeting Popularity
Scandals Taint Leadership
Tsunami Devastates Japan and Causes Nuclear Disaster
Tension Increases with Asian Neighbors Over Islands
Noda Wins Party Leadership Vote, but Faces Strong Opposition
Shinzo Abe Becomes Prime Minister Again in Late 2012
Ongoing Fukushima Leak Declared an Emergency
Japan Lifts Decades Old Arms Ban
China, South Korea, and Japan Hold First Foreign Minister Talks in Three Years
Military Legislation Sparks Protests
Geography
An archipelago in the Pacific, Japan is separated from the east coast of Asia by the Sea of Japan. It is approximately the size of Montana. Japan's four main islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku. The Ryukyu chain to the southwest was U.S.-occupied from 1945 to 1972, when it reverted to Japanese control, and the Kurils to the northeast are Russian-occupied.
Government
Constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government.
History
Legend attributes the creation of Japan to the sun goddess, from whom the emperors were descended. The first of them was Jimmu, supposed to have ascended the throne in 660 B.C., a tradition that constituted official doctrine until 1945.
Recorded Japanese history begins in approximately A.D. 400, when the Yamato clan, eventually based in Kyoto, managed to gain control of other family groups in central and western Japan. Contact with Korea introduced Buddhism to Japan at about this time. Through the 700s Japan was much influenced by China, and the Yamato clan set up an imperial court similar to that of China. In the ensuing centuries, the authority of the imperial court was undermined as powerful gentry families vied for control.
At the same time, warrior clans were rising to prominence as a distinct class known as samurai. In 1192, the Minamoto clan set up a military government under their leader, Yoritomo. He was designated shogun (military dictator). For the following 700 years, shoguns from a succession of clans ruled in Japan, while the imperial court existed in relative obscurity.
First contact with the West came in about 1542, when a Portuguese ship off course arrived in Japanese waters. Portuguese traders, Jesuit missionaries, and Spanish, Dutch, and English traders followed. Suspicious of Christianity and of Portuguese support of a local Japanese revolt, the shoguns of the Tokugawa period (1603–1867) prohibited all trade with foreign countries; only a Dutch trading post at Nagasaki was permitted. Western attempts to renew trading relations failed until 1853, when Commodore Matthew Perry sailed an American fleet into Tokyo Bay. Trade with the West was forced upon Japan under terms less than favorable to the Japanese. Strife caused by these actions brought down the feudal world of the shoguns. In 1868, the emperor Meiji came to the throne, and the shogun system was abolished.
日本の神社 Odawara, kanagawa, Jinja Japan
日本の神社 Odawara, kanagawa, Jinja Japan
The area around present-day Odawara has been settled since prehistoric times, and archaeological evidence indicates that the area had a high population density in the Jōmon period.
From the Ritsuryō system of the Nara period, the area became part of Ashigarashimo District of Sagami Province. It was divided into shōen during the Heian period, mostly controlled by the Hatano clan and its branches. During the Genpei War between the Heike clan and Minamoto no Yoritomo, the Battle of Ishibashiyama was fought near present-day Odawara. During the Sengoku period, Odawara developed as a castle town and capital of the domains of the later Hōjō clan, which covered most of the Kantō region. The Hōjō were defeated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the Battle of Odawara in 1590, despite the impregnable reputation of Odawara Castle. The territory came under the control of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
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日本の古代文明
Emperor: Akihito (1989)
Prime Minister: Shinzo Abe (2012)
Land area: 140,728 sq mi (364,485 sq km); total area: 145,913 sq mi (377,915 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 127,103,388 (growth rate: -0.13%); birth rate: 8.07/1000; infant mortality rate: 2.13/1000; life expectancy: 84.46
Capital and largest city (2009 est.): Tokyo, 37.217 million
Other large cities: Osaka-Kobe 11.494 million; Nagoya 3.328 million; Fukuoka-Kitakyushu 2.868 million; Sapporo 2.742 million; Sendai 2.428 million (2011)
Monetary unit: Yen
More Facts & Figures
NextFlag of Japan
Index
Japan Main Page
Japan Expands Its Empire
Japan Tests Its Military Might
Economic Recovery Is Followed by Deep Recession
Succession of Prime Ministers Meet Only Fleeting Popularity
Scandals Taint Leadership
Tsunami Devastates Japan and Causes Nuclear Disaster
Tension Increases with Asian Neighbors Over Islands
Noda Wins Party Leadership Vote, but Faces Strong Opposition
Shinzo Abe Becomes Prime Minister Again in Late 2012
Ongoing Fukushima Leak Declared an Emergency
Japan Lifts Decades Old Arms Ban
China, South Korea, and Japan Hold First Foreign Minister Talks in Three Years
Military Legislation Sparks Protests
Geography
An archipelago in the Pacific, Japan is separated from the east coast of Asia by the Sea of Japan. It is approximately the size of Montana. Japan's four main islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku. The Ryukyu chain to the southwest was U.S.-occupied from 1945 to 1972, when it reverted to Japanese control, and the Kurils to the northeast are Russian-occupied.
Government
Constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government.
History
Legend attributes the creation of Japan to the sun goddess, from whom the emperors were descended. The first of them was Jimmu, supposed to have ascended the throne in 660 B.C., a tradition that constituted official doctrine until 1945.
Recorded Japanese history begins in approximately A.D. 400, when the Yamato clan, eventually based in Kyoto, managed to gain control of other family groups in central and western Japan. Contact with Korea introduced Buddhism to Japan at about this time. Through the 700s Japan was much influenced by China, and the Yamato clan set up an imperial court similar to that of China. In the ensuing centuries, the authority of the imperial court was undermined as powerful gentry families vied for control.
At the same time, warrior clans were rising to prominence as a distinct class known as samurai. In 1192, the Minamoto clan set up a military government under their leader, Yoritomo. He was designated shogun (military dictator). For the following 700 years, shoguns from a succession of clans ruled in Japan, while the imperial court existed in relative obscurity.
First contact with the West came in about 1542, when a Portuguese ship off course arrived in Japanese waters. Portuguese traders, Jesuit missionaries, and Spanish, Dutch, and English traders followed. Suspicious of Christianity and of Portuguese support of a local Japanese revolt, the shoguns of the Tokugawa period (1603–1867) prohibited all trade with foreign countries; only a Dutch trading post at Nagasaki was permitted. Western attempts to renew trading relations failed until 1853, when Commodore Matthew Perry sailed an American fleet into Tokyo Bay. Trade with the West was forced upon Japan under terms less than favorable to the Japanese. Strife caused by these actions brought down the feudal world of the shoguns. In 1868, the emperor Meiji came to the throne, and the shogun system was abolished.
Kamakura 鎌倉
Kamakura si trova a un'ora di treno da Tokyo. Si tratta di una piccola città costiera, ricca di templi, con un'atmosfera accogliente. Della presenza del governo feudale che si insediò in questa città nel 1192, Kamakura conserva ancora un patrimonio storico di fondamentale importanza. Il modo migliore per scoprire Kamakura è addentrarsi nelle sue strade. I 5 grandi celebri templi della città trasportano dolcemente il visitatore nel XII secolo, in pieno periodo Kamakura.
Il Tempio di Engaku-ji fu costruito nel 1282 per ricordare i soldati giapponesi e mongoli morti durante il tentativo di invasione mongola del Giappone. Il Tempio di Kencho-ji, costruito nel 1253, è di ispirazione cinese. Il Santuario di Tsurugaoka Hachimangu si trova vicino alla stazione ferroviaria di Kamakura. L'edificio principale del santuario, chiamato Hongu, si apre su una magnifica vista della città di Kamakura. Il Museo del Patrimonio nazionale di Kamakura ospita più di 2000 tesori provenienti dai Templi di Kamakura e rinnova le mostre ogni mese. Tuttavia, l'attrazione principale di Kamakura resta senza dubbio il Grande Buddha di bronzo. Il Tempio di Hase-dara, famoso per il suo edificio principale di legno e il suo magnifico giardino in stile giapponese, regna col suo splendore su tutta la città. L'isola di Eno-shima, una piccola isola di 4 chilometri di perimetro, galleggia dolcemente nella baia di Sagami.
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Tempio di Engaku-ji
Fondato nel XIII secolo, è il secondo tra i grandi templi zen di Kamakura. Ospita una famosa statua di legno del Buddha, e la campana del suo tempio è stata classificata Tesoro nazionale. L'accesso al tempio, con la sua scalinata fiancheggiata da grandi cedri, è piuttosto spettacolare.
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Tempio di Kencho-ji
Il numero uno dei cinque più importanti templi zen di Kamakura, fu anche il primo tempio costruito in questa città.
15 minuti a piedi dalla stazione di Kita-Kamakura; fermata dell'autobus Kenchoji partendo dalle stazioni di Kamakura o di Kita-Kamakura.
Officiel sito web
Santuario di Tsurugaoka Hachimangu
Con oltre 9 milioni di visitatori all'anno, il Santuario di Tsurugaoka Hachimangu è il simbolo della vecchia capitale. Il santuario fu fondato da Minamoto Yoritoshi, antenato dello shogun Minamoto Yoritomo, il fondatore del governo feudale di Kamakura che governò il Giappone dal 1192 al 1333.
15 minuti a piedi dall'uscita est della stazione di Kamakura.
Museo del Patrimonio nazionale di Kamakura
Il museo raccoglie opere d'arte importanti legate alla ricca storia di Kamakura, tra cui cinque elementi del Patrimonio nazionale. La forma dell'edificio principale, costruito dopo il grande terremoto del 1923, si ispira al Tempio di Shoso-in di Nara.
12 minuti a piedi dalla stazione di Kamakura; 3 minuti a piedi dalla fermata dell'autobus Hachimangu o Daigaku-mae.
Grande Buddha
Il Grande Buddha o Daibutsu è una statua gigante di 11,4 metri di altezza e 122 tonnellate di peso, che raffigura il Buddha nella posizione del loto sotto la volta celeste. La statua è composta di placche di bronzo montate su una struttura cava, la quale permette di entrare dentro il monumento. Fu completata nel 1252 da Minamoto Yoritomo perché rivaleggiasse con il Buddha di Nara, la statua più imponente di quei tempi.
10 minuti a piedi dalla stazione di Hase sulla linea Enoden; fermata dell'autobus Daibutsu-mae (autobus Keikyu Enoden).
Nel Tempio di Kotoku-in.
Tempio di Hasedera
L'elemento centrale del Tempio di Hasedera è lo Juichimen Kannon, una statua di legno del bodisatthva Kannon a 11 facce. Con i suoi 9,18 metri, è la più grande statua di legno del Giappone.
5 minuti a piedi dalla stazione di Hase sulla linea Enoden; 3 minuti a piedi dalla fermata dell'autobus Hasekannon-mae (autobus Keikyu Enoden).
early Geography of the Japan(初期の日本の地理)
early Geography of the Japan
初期の日本の地理
Emperor: Akihito (1989)
Prime Minister: Shinzo Abe (2012)
Land area: 140,728 sq mi (364,485 sq km); total area: 145,913 sq mi (377,915 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 127,103,388 (growth rate: -0.13%); birth rate: 8.07/1000; infant mortality rate: 2.13/1000; life expectancy: 84.46
Capital and largest city (2009 est.): Tokyo, 37.217 million
Other large cities: Osaka-Kobe 11.494 million; Nagoya 3.328 million; Fukuoka-Kitakyushu 2.868 million; Sapporo 2.742 million; Sendai 2.428 million (2011)
Monetary unit: Yen
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Japan Expands Its Empire
Japan Tests Its Military Might
Economic Recovery Is Followed by Deep Recession
Succession of Prime Ministers Meet Only Fleeting Popularity
Scandals Taint Leadership
Tsunami Devastates Japan and Causes Nuclear Disaster
Tension Increases with Asian Neighbors Over Islands
Noda Wins Party Leadership Vote, but Faces Strong Opposition
Shinzo Abe Becomes Prime Minister Again in Late 2012
Ongoing Fukushima Leak Declared an Emergency
Japan Lifts Decades Old Arms Ban
China, South Korea, and Japan Hold First Foreign Minister Talks in Three Years
Military Legislation Sparks Protests
Geography
An archipelago in the Pacific, Japan is separated from the east coast of Asia by the Sea of Japan. It is approximately the size of Montana. Japan's four main islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku. The Ryukyu chain to the southwest was U.S.-occupied from 1945 to 1972, when it reverted to Japanese control, and the Kurils to the northeast are Russian-occupied.
Government
Constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government.
History
Legend attributes the creation of Japan to the sun goddess, from whom the emperors were descended. The first of them was Jimmu, supposed to have ascended the throne in 660 B.C., a tradition that constituted official doctrine until 1945.
Recorded Japanese history begins in approximately A.D. 400, when the Yamato clan, eventually based in Kyoto, managed to gain control of other family groups in central and western Japan. Contact with Korea introduced Buddhism to Japan at about this time. Through the 700s Japan was much influenced by China, and the Yamato clan set up an imperial court similar to that of China. In the ensuing centuries, the authority of the imperial court was undermined as powerful gentry families vied for control.
At the same time, warrior clans were rising to prominence as a distinct class known as samurai. In 1192, the Minamoto clan set up a military government under their leader, Yoritomo. He was designated shogun (military dictator). For the following 700 years, shoguns from a succession of clans ruled in Japan, while the imperial court existed in relative obscurity.
First contact with the West came in about 1542, when a Portuguese ship off course arrived in Japanese waters. Portuguese traders, Jesuit missionaries, and Spanish, Dutch, and English traders followed. Suspicious of Christianity and of Portuguese support of a local Japanese revolt, the shoguns of the Tokugawa period (1603–1867) prohibited all trade with foreign countries; only a Dutch trading post at Nagasaki was permitted. Western attempts to renew trading relations failed until 1853, when Commodore Matthew Perry sailed an American fleet into Tokyo Bay. Trade with the West was forced upon Japan under terms less than favorable to the Japanese. Strife caused by these actions brought down the feudal world of the shoguns. In 1868, the emperor Meiji came to the throne, and the shogun system was abolished.
Imagawashi Ruida no Haka Imagawa Clan Graves @ Kansenji Temple
The Imagawa clan is a noble family of the Seiwa-Genji ( Minamoto clan ) lineage.
After the death of Imagawa Yoshimoto in the Battle of Okehazama, Imagawa Ujizane who succeeded Yoshimoto couldn't keep the dominion, so the Imagawa clan was destroyed. But in the Edo period, Ujizane received support from Tokugawa Leyasu, and Imagawa Naofusa ( grandson of Ujizan ) was appointed to Koke ( Hereditary officials, masters of rites and ceremonies for the Tokugawa Shoganate ) to hold their dominion in Kamiigusa, Shimoigusa, Saginomiya and other places.
Kansenji Temple has been the clans temple since the Naofusa era.
Most of the gravestones in the burial ground are descendants of Ujizane
Samurai
Samurai , usually referred to in Japanese as bushi or buke , were the military nobility of medieval and early-modern Japan. According to translator William Scott Wilson: In Chinese, the character 侍 was originally a verb meaning to wait upon or accompany persons in the upper ranks of society, and this is also true of the original term in Japanese, saburau. In both countries the terms were nominalized to mean those who serve in close attendance to the nobility, the pronunciation in Japanese changing to saburai. According to Wilson, an early reference to the word samurai appears in the Kokin Wakashū , the first imperial anthology of poems, completed in the first part of the 10th century.
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National Anthem of Japan / 日本の国歌
日本の国歌
Emperor: Akihito (1989)
Prime Minister: Shinzo Abe (2012)
Land area: 140,728 sq mi (364,485 sq km); total area: 145,913 sq mi (377,915 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 127,103,388 (growth rate: -0.13%); birth rate: 8.07/1000; infant mortality rate: 2.13/1000; life expectancy: 84.46
Capital and largest city (2009 est.): Tokyo, 37.217 million
Other large cities: Osaka-Kobe 11.494 million; Nagoya 3.328 million; Fukuoka-Kitakyushu 2.868 million; Sapporo 2.742 million; Sendai 2.428 million (2011)
Monetary unit: Yen
More Facts & Figures
NextFlag of Japan
Index
Japan Main Page
Japan Expands Its Empire
Japan Tests Its Military Might
Economic Recovery Is Followed by Deep Recession
Succession of Prime Ministers Meet Only Fleeting Popularity
Scandals Taint Leadership
Tsunami Devastates Japan and Causes Nuclear Disaster
Tension Increases with Asian Neighbors Over Islands
Noda Wins Party Leadership Vote, but Faces Strong Opposition
Shinzo Abe Becomes Prime Minister Again in Late 2012
Ongoing Fukushima Leak Declared an Emergency
Japan Lifts Decades Old Arms Ban
China, South Korea, and Japan Hold First Foreign Minister Talks in Three Years
Military Legislation Sparks Protests
Geography
An archipelago in the Pacific, Japan is separated from the east coast of Asia by the Sea of Japan. It is approximately the size of Montana. Japan's four main islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku. The Ryukyu chain to the southwest was U.S.-occupied from 1945 to 1972, when it reverted to Japanese control, and the Kurils to the northeast are Russian-occupied.
Government
Constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government.
History
Legend attributes the creation of Japan to the sun goddess, from whom the emperors were descended. The first of them was Jimmu, supposed to have ascended the throne in 660 B.C., a tradition that constituted official doctrine until 1945.
Recorded Japanese history begins in approximately A.D. 400, when the Yamato clan, eventually based in Kyoto, managed to gain control of other family groups in central and western Japan. Contact with Korea introduced Buddhism to Japan at about this time. Through the 700s Japan was much influenced by China, and the Yamato clan set up an imperial court similar to that of China. In the ensuing centuries, the authority of the imperial court was undermined as powerful gentry families vied for control.
At the same time, warrior clans were rising to prominence as a distinct class known as samurai. In 1192, the Minamoto clan set up a military government under their leader, Yoritomo. He was designated shogun (military dictator). For the following 700 years, shoguns from a succession of clans ruled in Japan, while the imperial court existed in relative obscurity.
First contact with the West came in about 1542, when a Portuguese ship off course arrived in Japanese waters. Portuguese traders, Jesuit missionaries, and Spanish, Dutch, and English traders followed. Suspicious of Christianity and of Portuguese support of a local Japanese revolt, the shoguns of the Tokugawa period (1603–1867) prohibited all trade with foreign countries; only a Dutch trading post at Nagasaki was permitted. Western attempts to renew trading relations failed until 1853, when Commodore Matthew Perry sailed an American fleet into Tokyo Bay. Trade with the West was forced upon Japan under terms less than favorable to the Japanese. Strife caused by these actions brought down the feudal world of the shoguns. In 1868, the emperor Meiji came to the throne, and the shogun system was abolished.
名古屋まつり動画、戦国武将の徳川家康や濃姫英傑行列ビデオ Nagoya Festival travel video.Samurai Ieyasu Tokugawa.
名古屋まつり動画、徳川家康や濃姫英傑行列ビデオ Beautiful Japanese scenery. Nagoya Samurai parade Festival travel video. Famous Japanese samurai, Ieyasu Tokugawa and his beautiful daughter, prince Nou.