Tokei-Ji

the welcome path leading to another world - snow, snow, snow snow in the temple the Buddha smiles in silence graves in the snow - to wait for nothing to want for nothing

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Thank you, Mark!
The photos are a curtesy of Mark Schumacher, who visited the temple in January 21, 2006.
Mark Schumacher: All about Buddha Statues


It was one of my favorites when I lived in Kamakura and I visited it very often during all seasons in Kita-Kamakura.
The graveyard in the slopes is very fascinating.


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Tokeiji is a small branch temple of the Engakuji school within the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism. Its head temple, the Engakuji Temple, stands just a few hundred meters away on the opposite side of the railway tracks.

Tokeiji was founded by the wife of the regent Hojo Tokimune in 1285 after Tokimune had died at a young age. Until the end of the Edo Period, the temple served as a shelter for women who suffered abuse by their husbands and sought a divorce.
An official divorce could be attained by staying at the temple for three years.
- source : japan-guide.com -


Reference : Tokeiji


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Here is a special treat for the Haiku Friends

James W. Hackett at Tokeiji. September 11, 2002
The grave of R. H. Blyth is also to be found at Tokei-Ji.
Tokei-ji and Dr. Blyth

北鎌倉　東慶寺　2006年1月22日

Tokei-ji Photos


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. kekkon　結婚 konrei　婚礼 marriage in Edo
and divorce - engiri .


Amulets to
. Enkiri, engiri 縁切り　to cut a bond . 　



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