Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine

上宮楼門の扁額(へんがく)には｢八幡宮寺｣と記されている｡幕末まで鶴岡八幡宮は神仏習合(しんぶつしゅうごう)の寺院で､慶応4年(1868)のいわゆる｢神仏分離令｣で廃寺となった｡写真は排仏毀釈(はいぶつきしゃく)で諸堂が取払われ､社殿のみとなる直前の時期のものと思われる｡The words "Hachimangu-ji" (Hachiman Shrine Temple) are inscribed on the tablet at the Jogu Romon (upper shrine gate). Tsurugaoka-Hachiman Shrine was a combination Shinto shrine and Buddhist temple until the end of the Edo period in 1868, when the temple was abolished in response to a government edict. This photograph was probably taken just before the temple buildings were removed