Sagami Province

province of Japan

1590

1561

1333 siege

1569

1569 battle in Japan

is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The temple's full name is Taizō-zan Kannon-in Sugimoto-dera (大蔵山観音院杉本寺). It is one of the oldest temples in Kamakura and, together with Hōkai-ji, the only one of the Tendai denomination. The temple is Number one of the Bandō Sanjūsankasho pilgrimage circuit. Two of the three statues of Jūichimen Kannon Bosatsu it enshrines are Important Cultural Properties. Sugimoto-dera is nicknamed Geba Kannon ("Dismount Kannon"), because horsemen never failed to dismount from their steeds when they passed by. (According to a d

Buddhist temple

Shinto shrine in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Japanese domain of the Edo period

mountain in Japan

1526 siege

Buddhist temple in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Buddhist temple in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Japanese military operation in 1516