The <big><b>Engakuji</b></big> <b>Temple</b><small><sub><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.engakuji.or.jp/about/">[1]</a></sub></small> (<b>Engaku-ji</b>,  <small>円覚寺 えんがくじ</small>.) is built on the slopes of a forested hill in Kita-Kamakura (Yamanouchi <small><sub><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Yamanouchi,_Kamakura">[2]</a></sub></small>), Kamakura City<small><a class="external autonumber" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamakura?oldformat=true">[3]</a></small>, Kanagawa Prefecture. <b>Engakuji</b> is one of the leading Zen temples in eastern Japan and the second of Kamakura's five great Zen temples. The temple was founded in 1282 under the auspices of the eighth regent (shikken) <b>Hōjō Tokimune</b><small><a class="external autonumber" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C5%8Dj%C5%8D_Tokimune?oldformat=true">[4]</a></small>. a year after the second invasion attempt by the Mongols <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2133.htm">[5]</a></small> had been reverted. One purpose of the new temple was to rest the souls of those who fell in the battle between Japanese and Mongolian soldiers.<small><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3103.html">[6]</a></small>
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