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  2. Map of Japan (Kanazawa Bunko) - Wikipedia

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    A map of Japan currently stored at Kanazawa Bunko depicts Japan and surrounding countries, both real and imaginary. The date of creation is unknown but probably falls within the Kamakura period . It is one of the oldest surviving Gyōki-type maps of Japan.

  3. Kamakura - Wikipedia

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    Kamakura (鎌倉, Kamakura, ⓘ), officially Kamakura City (鎌倉市, Kamakura-shi), is a city of Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan. It is located in the Kanto region on the island of Honshu . The city has an estimated population of 172,929 (1 September 2020) and a population density of 4,359 people per km 2 over the total area of 39.67 km 2 (15.32 ...

  4. Kamakura period - Wikipedia

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    The Kamakura period (鎌倉時代, Kamakura jidai, 1185–1333) is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first shōgun Minamoto no Yoritomo after the conclusion of the Genpei War, which saw the struggle between the Taira and Minamoto clans.

  5. Five Mountain System - Wikipedia

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    The system originated in India and was then adopted by China, later spreading to Japan during the late Kamakura period (1185–1333). [ 1 ] In Japan, the ten existing "Five Mountain" temples (five in Kyoto and five in Kamakura, Kanagawa ) were both protected and controlled by the shogunate. [ 1 ]

  6. List of Important Cultural Properties of Japan (Kamakura ...

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    This list is of Japanese structures dating from the Kamakura period (1185–1333) that have been designated Important Cultural Properties (including *National Treasures). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Structures

  7. Kanazawa Bunko - Wikipedia

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    The collection includes an eleven-headed Kannon (Goddess of Mercy), a Miroku, a map of Japan, and other images designated as Important Cultural Properties. [5] Kanazawa Bunko shares its name with the nearby Kanazawa-Bunko Station, which is a limited express stop station on the Keikyu Main Line of Keikyu Railways.

  8. Kamakura's Seven Entrances - Wikipedia

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    A map of Kamakura with the Seven Entrances. The city of Kamakura, Kanagawa in Japan, is closed off on three sides by very steep hills and on the fourth by the sea: before the construction of several modern tunnels and roads, the so-called Seven Entrances (Nana-guchi), or Seven Passes (七切り通し, Nana-kiridoshi) (all artificial) were its main links to the rest of the world. [1]

  9. Kamakura (snow dome) - Wikipedia

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    Kamakura (かまくら or カマクラ) is a type of traditional snow dome or quinzhee in snowy regions of Japan. Kamakura may also refer to the various ceremonial winter celebrations involving those snow domes, or to the Shinto deity Kamakura Daimyojin ( 鎌倉大明神 ), who is revered during some of those celebrations. [ 1 ]