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Enjō-ji Hōjō residence ruins
35.0464° N, 138.9372° E
About
The Hōjō Residence ruins (Enjō-ji ruins) (北条氏邸跡（円成寺跡), Hōjō-shi-tei (Enjō-ji ato)) is an archaeological site containing the ruins of the late Heian through Kamakura period residence of the Hōjō clan in the Jike neighborhood of the city of Izunokuni, Shizuoka in the Tōkai region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1996, with the area under protection expanded in 2005
Historical Timeline
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Battle of Kamakura
1333
Death of Kakukai Enjō
1345
Horigoe Gosho fire
1460
Archaeological excavations
1992–1993
National Historic Site designation
1996
Historic site protection expanded
2005
Excavation suspension and backfill
2007
Archaeological Features
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Religious and Ritual Structures
Domestic and Habitation Structures
Environmental and Natural Features
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