Kamakura

The stone pagoda of thirteen storeys at Kunitsu Shrine in the Misugi hills of Tsu is a late Kamakura monument, an Important Cultural Property since 1926.

Shinran's own 1256-57 copy of 28 writings by his teacher Honen, in six volumes at Senjuji, Tsu, Mie, a National Treasure since 1953.

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.