Kamakura
Hiroshima · 鎌倉Browse Hiroshima’s cultural heritage from the Kamakura period (1185 – 1333). Filter by type and keyword, with concise stories, maps, and travel tips.
A late Kamakura pagoda in Hiroshima Prefecture. The date field reads 1319, while the commentary records a fire there and a rebuilding four years later.
A late Kamakura-period hall in Hiroshima Prefecture. It burned in the same fire as the temple's own pagoda, and was then rebuilt sixteen years later on.
A late Kamakura-period hall in Hiroshima Prefecture. It and the temple's own pagoda took the two steps of the listing here in quite the opposite order.
A Kamakura-period set owned by Itsukushima Shrine in Hiroshima Prefecture. Its own three vajras all lie within just nine millimetres of each other here.
Discover the Komyobo Thirteen-Story Stone Pagoda, an Important Cultural Property built in 1294 on Ikuchijima Island along the Shimanami Kaido. This 8.5-meter granite tower reflects the artistry and Buddhist devotion of the Kamakura period.
Discover the Asagi Aya-odoshi Yoroi, a rare National Treasure suit of samurai armor from the late Kamakura period, housed at the UNESCO World Heritage Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima Island, Hiroshima.
The National Treasure Tachi signed Kunimune, housed at the Fukuyama Museum of Art in Hiroshima Prefecture, is a masterwork forged by the legendary Kamakura-period swordsmith Bizen Saburo Kunimune. Celebrated for its spectacular layered clove-blossom hamon pattern, this blade is considered the finest among all Kunimune works. Discover this extraordinary sword within the renowned Komatsu Yasuhiro Collection.
Discover the National Treasure tachi signed by Norifusa, a masterwork of the Katayama Ichimonji school from the Kamakura period. Once owned by the Tokugawa shoguns, this magnificent sword is now displayed at Fukuyama Museum of Art in Hiroshima Prefecture.
Discover the National Treasure tachi signed Yoshifusa, a masterpiece of Kamakura-period swordsmithing by the Fukuoka Ichimonji school. View this magnificent blade at Fukuyama Museum of Art in Hiroshima Prefecture.
Discover the National Treasure tantō by Shintōgo Kunimitsu, the founder of the Sōshū swordsmithing tradition. Once cherished by warlord Gamō Ujisato and the Tokugawa shoguns, this Kamakura-era masterpiece is now housed at Fukuyama Museum of Art in Hiroshima Prefecture.