Shochojuin Temple

Japanese: 勝長寿院 - しょうちょうじゅいん

A temple located in Yukinoshita, Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture. It was called Amida-san. Also known as Daimido and Minamimido. The sect is unknown. It was built in 1185 (Bun'ei 1) by Minamoto no Yoritomo to commemorate the death of his father, Yoshitomo, and was counted as one of the three major temples and shrines in Kamakura, along with Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine and Yofuku-ji Temple. Even in the Muromachi period, it was revered by the Kamakura kubo Ashikaga clan, but after Ashikaga Shigeuji moved to Koga, it fell into decline and was eventually abandoned. [Imai Masaharu]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

神奈川県鎌倉市雪ノ下にあった寺院。阿弥陀山と号した。別称大御堂，南御堂。宗派不明。1185年(文治1)，源頼朝が父義朝の菩提を弔うために建立し，当時，鶴岡八幡宮，永福（ようふく）寺とともに鎌倉の三大寺社の一つに数えられた。室町時代に入ってからも鎌倉公方足利氏の尊崇を受けたが，足利成氏が古河に移ってからは衰え，やがて廃寺となった。【今井雅晴】

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