Kamakura
Mie · 鎌倉Browse Mie’s cultural heritage from the Kamakura period (1185 – 1333). Filter by type and keyword, with concise stories, maps, and travel tips.
The Thirteen-Story Stone Pagoda at Kunitsu Shrine in Tsu City, Mie Prefecture, is a nationally designated Important Cultural Property from the late Kamakura period. Carved from locally quarried Ōbora tuff with four Buddha reliefs, this elegant stone tower stands in a tranquil mountain village alongside an 800-year-old zelkova tree.
Discover the Saihō Shinan Shō, a National Treasure manuscript handwritten by Shinran at age 84, preserving the teachings of his master Hōnen. Housed at Senjuji Temple in Tsu, Mie Prefecture, this 13th-century Buddhist treasure offers a rare window into the origins of Pure Land Buddhism in Japan.
Three booklets of Japanese hymns by Shinran, founder of Pure Land Buddhism, partly in his own hand. Kept at Senju-ji in Mie and named a National Treasure in 1953.
Housed at Sairaiji Temple in Tsu City, Mie Prefecture, the Block-Printed Tendai Sandaibu Hokke Soki is a set of seventeen Kamakura-period woodblock-printed booklets preserving the great Tang-dynasty commentary on the Lotus Sutra by the Tiantai patriarch Zhanran (Myoraku Daishi). Designated an Important Cultural Property in 1936, this article explores its scholarly significance, the temple's storied history, and what to see in the surrounding area of Tsu.