Kamakura Stroll Vol.6 – 鎌倉散策 覚園寺

鎌倉　覚園寺にある北条氏の家紋です。
１２１８年、北条義時公の薬師如来信仰により建てられた大倉薬師堂が覚園寺のはじまりです。
１２９６年、北条貞時公が、元寇の再来がないように願い、智海心慧律師を開山として、真言・天台・禅・浄土の四宗を学べる道場、覚園寺といたしました。
赤い門に白い家紋、、、カッコ良い😍

This is the family crest of the Hōjō clan, found at Kakuen-ji Temple in Kamakura.
Kakuen-ji Temple traces its origins to the Ōkura Yakushi-dō, built in 1218 by Lord Hōjō Yoshitoki out of his devotion to the Medicine Buddha.
In 1296, Lord Hōjō Sadatoki, praying that the Mongol invasions would not return, established Kakuon-ji with the monk Chikai Shinkei as its founding abbot—a place of practice where the four schools of Shingon, Tendai, Zen, and Jōdo could be studied.
A white family crest against a red gate… so cool! 😍

From Japan.
— WabiSabi Asobee