Lantern slide depicting the Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu shrine built in 1191 and later restored. The shrine was built by Minamoto Yoshitomo. On the right is a huge ginko tree famous for its part in the legend of the assassination of the third shogun, Minamoto Sanetomo. On the right is a cycad clump.

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