Today  a  pine-set  avenue  leads  straight  up  from  the
sea  to  the  wide  court-yard  that  fronts  the  temple.  Three
fine  torii  span  it  at  intervals.  In  the  court  itself  stands
the  Shrine  Wakamiya,  dedicated  to  a  son  of  the  War-God
Cjin,  and  beyond  it  the  Shirahata  Jinga,  dedicated  to  the
Warrior  Yoritomo,  founder  of  Kamakura.  A  steep  flight
of  stone  steps  conducts  to  the  Shrine  of  Hachiman  and
surrounding  it  there  stands  an  open  colonnade.  In  this
are  preserved  a  number  of  splendid  lacquered  and  gilt-
bronze  palanquins,  a  good  collection  of  ancient  costumes
and  armour,  and  a  memorial-statue  in  painted-wood  of
Sumiyoshi,  attributed  to  ttnkei  (i2th  century).  A  suit

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of  armour  here  exhibited  is  said  to  have  been  worn  by  the
Shogun  Yoritomo  himself  (i2th  century).  Of  ana-
tomical, or  should  we  say,  craniological  interest,  is  the
skull  of  the  Shogun  —  when  a  youth!

Retracing  our  steps,  we  turn  (right)  from  the  pic-
turesque lotus  ponds  and  quaint  humped-backed  stone
bridge,  and  continue  on  a  half  mile  or  so  to  the  little  tem-
ple, Ennoji.
ENN6JI

The  temple  Ennoji,  a  dingy  and  insignificant  wooden
structure,  was  founded  by  the  priest  Dokai  Zushi.  It
was  brought  here  from  a  height  overlooking  the  sea  at
Arai,  at  the  command  of  the  Hojo  Regent  Tokiyori  in  the
year  1254.  The  present  tree-embowered  building  is  of
comparatively  late  date,  since  it  was  repaired  in  the  six-
teenth and  seventeenth  centuries.  Thus,  as  an  indiffer-
ent example  of  Zenshu  architecture,  it  would  prove  of
very  little  interest  to  the  average  sight-seer,  were  it  not
for  its  remarkable  wooden  statue  of  Emma-6,  one  of  the
most  important  works  of  the  founder  of  the  Kamakura
Schools  of  Sculptors,  tlnkei  (flourished  from  1190-1210).
