Enoshima
offshore island in Fujisawa, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan
Enoshima (江の島) is a small island in Sagami Bay on the Pacific Coast of the Japanese island of Honshu. It is part of Fujisawa in Kanagawa Prefecture.[1]
Enoshima has an area of about 0.2 km². It is linked to the mainland by a bridge.[1]
The island is at the mouth of the Katase River.
In 1927, Enoshima was recognized as one of the 100 Landscapes of Japan which best showed Japan and its culture in the Shōwa period.[2]
History
change- 1047 (Eishō 2): Enoshima Engi was written by the Buddhist monk Kōkei. The work is a history of the shrines on the island.
- 1182 (Juei 1): Minamoto no Toritomo gave a statue to the Benzaiten shrine on the island.[1]
- 1325 (Shōchū 2): Shōjōkō-ji was established. It is the Buddhist temple on the island.[1]
- 1874 (Meiji 7): Samuel Cocking developed botanical gardens.[1]
- 1964 (Shōwa 39): Sailing competitions during the 1964 Summer Olympics were scheduled near the island.[3]
Related pages
changeReferences
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ensohima" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 181.
- ↑ Japan Ministry of the Environment, 日本八景(昭和2年)の選定内容 (in Japanese); retrieved 2012-3-30.
- ↑ 1964 Summer Olympics Official Report, Vol. 1, Part 1, p. 115 Archived 2010-07-07 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-3-4.
Other websites
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Enoshima.
- Enoshima Shrine Archived 2014-08-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Enoshima Engi Archived 2016-12-19 at the Wayback Machine
35°17′59″N 139°28′49″E / 35.29972°N 139.48028°E
