The Daibutsu, Sasuke-Inari, and Zeni-arai Benten
Macrons, signifying long vowels in romanized Japanese, have been retained only in the Table of Contents, chapter headings, and Japanese words within the text.
Asterisks indicate color plates.
Frontispiece. Incorporates "On the road to Enoshima." Woodblock print by Hiroshige.
1. Egara Tenjin 44 2. Statue of Yoritomo, founder of Kamakura shogunate 93 3. First torii leading to Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine 98 4. Interior of Shariden at Engaku-ji 141 *5. Enma at Enno-ji 145 *6. "Samurai on horseback." Scroll, Kamakura period 146-47 *7. Mokugyo block at Jufuku-ji 148 *8. Shariden gate at Engaku-ji 148 *9. Statue of Kannon at Hase-dera 149 *10. Temple bell at Engaku-ji 150 *11. Temple gate of Kencho-ji 151 *12. Statue of Nichiren at Ryuko-ji, Katase 152 *13. Approach to Jochrji 153 *14. View from the grounds of Komyo-ji temple near Yuigahama 154-55 *15. Bamboo grove at Hokoku-ji 156 *16. Early spring in Tokei-ji 156 *17. Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine 157 *18. Sunset at Sagami Bay 158-59 *19. Statue of Buddha surrounded by autumn flowers 160 20. Wooden statue of Myoan Eisai (1141-1215) 173 21. Wooden statue of Jizo Bosatsu at Jufuku-ji 175 22. Giant wooden statue of one of the pair of Nio guardian deities at Jufuku-ji 176 23. Stone Buddha at Jokomyo-ji 185 *24. Daibutsu, the Great Buddha at Kotoku-in 193 *25. Enoshima island 194-95 *26. Tomb of Minamoto no Yoritomo 196 *27. Mutsu family grave at Jufuku-ji 196 *28. Nio, guardian deity at Sugimoto-dera 197 *29. Zen priests meditating at Engaku-ji 198 *30. Zen priests leaving Engaku-ji 199 *31. Snow on Jizo statues at Sugimoto-dera 200 32. Rear view of Daibutsu at Kotoku-in 207 33. Cave at Zeni-arai Benten 209 34. Nichiren Shonin Tsujiseppo-ato 260
by Lady Bouchier
(Dorothy Britton)
IT GIVES me great joy that this, one of my favorite books, has at long last been reissued after having been out of print for nearly forty years. A generous grant from the prestigious Tokyo Club has made possible this new and revised edition, which has been brightened with new photographs—this time in color—carefully selected by the author's son Ian, a talented producer of many prize-winning cultural films on Japan.
My own beloved copy—the Second & Enlarged 1930 edition is worn from constant use, for it has been our family's vade mecum on the historic city of Kamakura for as long as I can remember. We lived in Yokohama, where I was born, and my father built a summer villa in Hayama, only a few miles from Kamakura, which my mother and I made our home on returning to Japan soon after World War II. Whenever there was time she and I would drive to Kamakura and visit temples and historic spots, clutching our Kamakura: Fact and Legend and letting the late Countess Mutsu be our enthralling guide.
And what a wonderful guide she continues to be, in spite of the inevitable changes that time has wrought, for her beautifully written book is the product of a lively, inquiring mind and is based on a foundation of deep scholarship.
She would spend hours with the abbots and high priests of the various temples and shrines, amassing information with which to "unseal for the Western world," as the Japan Times put it, "much of the secret of Kamakura's magnificent past." The newspaper, reporting