expert who analyzed the tree, the fall is likely due to rot. Both the tree's stump and a section of its trunk replanted nearby have produced leaves (see photo). The tree was nicknamed because according to an Edo period urban legend, a now-famous assassin hid behind it before striking his victim. For details, see the article Shinpen Kamakurashi. Activities Tsurugaoka Hachimangū is the center of much cultural activity and both yabusame, (archery from horseback), and kyūdō (Japanese archery) are practiced within the shrine. It also has extensive peony gardens, three coffee shops, a kindergarten, offices and a dōjō. Within its grounds stand two museums, the Kamakura Museum of National Treasures, owned by the City of Kamakura, and the prefectural Museum of Modern Art. Gallery of Shrines at Tsurugaoka Hachimangū Notes See also Azuma Kagami Kamakura Museum of National Treasures List of National Treasures of Japan (crafts-others) List of National Treasures of Japan (crafts-swords) References Bibliography Azuma Kagami, accessed on September 4, 2008; National Archives of Japan 特103-0001, digitized image of the Azumakagami Brinkley, Frank and Dairoku Kikuchi. (1915). A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era. New York: Encyclopædia Britannica. Mass, Jeffrey P. (1995). Court and Bakufu in Japan: Essays in Kamakura History. Stanford: Stanford University Press. Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1962). Sovereign and Subject. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. External links Official website (in Japanese) National Archives of Japan, Digital Gallery: Mori Koan map: Soshu Kamakuranozu, drawn in 5th year of Horeki'' (1755). New York Public Library Digital Gallery: NYPL ID 119488, unknown photographer, albumen print, 189?-190?: Perspective beyond torii NYPL ID 118907, Felice Beato, albumen print, 187?: Shrine steps and forecourt NYPL ID 110031, Kusakabe Kimbei, albumen print, 188?-189? Great stairway NYPL ID 118911, Felice Beato, albumen print, 187?: Senior Shrine structural detail NYPL ID 118912, Felice Beato, albumen print, 187?: Tahōtō, single-storied pagoda 1060s establishments in Japan 1063 establishments in Asia Religious buildings and structures completed in 1191 Religious buildings and structures completed in 1828 Buildings and structures in Kamakura, Kanagawa Shinto shrines in Kanagawa Prefecture Hachiman shrines Religious buildings and structures completed in 1063 Beppyo shrines