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Zeniarai Benzaiten Ugafuku Shrine

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came here to worship and recommended the faithful to wash their coins, saying that if they did so, they certainly would be rewarded by Ugafukujin, who would multiply them and grant their descendants prosperity. He himself did so, and people started imitating him, starting a tradition which continues
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This 800-year-old shrine is unusual for several reasons, the first being that it is completely surrounded by high rock walls. Totally invisible from the outside, Zeniarai Benzaiten can be reached only through a tunnel (see photo above) and a narrow trail on its rear. Also, because it was built on
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In reality, however, while the existence since that time of the spring and of the tradition linked to it is certain, that of the shrine is not. Edo period topographical documents attest that the area from where Zeniarai's water springs was called
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The ending "ヶ谷", common in Japanese place names and usually read "-gaya", in Kamakura is normally pronounced "-gayatsu", as in Shakadōgayatsu, Ōgigayatsu, and Matsubagayatsu.
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as no more than local manifestations of Indian Buddhist gods. Later, this syncretic entity came also to be associated with harvests, and now it is worshiped as a
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valley. In the past it was the only entrance to the shrine, and this seems to be the reason for the name "Kakurezato" (see above) given at the time to the area.
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dating back to at least the 10th century above the shrine's tunnel (see photo above). Excavations revealed several Buddhist steles, which are now at the
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topological survey, mention one but not the other, and it is likely therefore that the shrine was built sometime in the late 19th century.
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told him that "In a valley to the northwest, there is a miraculous spring that gushes out of the rocks. Go there and worship (Shinto)
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irregular ground, its various buildings stand at different heights and are connected by stairs. The Naikū
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to this day and is the reason for the shrine's popularity. Its spring came to be called Zeniarai-mizu
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of this land, Ugakufujin." Yoritomo reportedly found the spring and built a shrine for Ugafukujin, a
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The tradition of washing money at the spring in the hope of seeing it multiply was born in 1257 (
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and during the Edo period was considered one of the Five Famous Springs of Kamakura
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donated by the faithful. It leads to a narrow road and then to the Sasukegayatsu
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According to the sign at the entrance, Zeniarai Benzaiten was founded in 1185 (
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Kamakura has many "numbered" locality names like Five Famous Springs,
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main entrance of the shrine, however it and its approach (
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goddess of Indian origin Sarasvati, known in Japanese as
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came to be identified and merged with Buddhist goddess
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Affiliation
Shinto
Deity
Ugafukujin
Benzaiten
Kamakura
Kanagawa Prefecture
Zeniarai Benzaiten Ugafuku Shrine is located in Japan
Geographic coordinates
35°19′32.93″N 139°32′32.10″E / 35.3258139°N 139.5422500°E / 35.3258139; 139.5422500
Minamoto no Yoritomo
Glossary of Shinto
Shinto shrine
Kamakura
Kanagawa Prefecture
Tsurugaoka Hachimangū
syncretic
kami
Ugafukujin
Buddhist
Benzaiten
shinbutsu shūgō
Meiji restoration
external massha

Bunji
Minamoto no Yoritomo
Kamakura shōguns
Snake

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