Japanese

鎌倉 (Kamakura): a famous statue of Buddha at the Kōtoku-in temple in Kamakura.

Proper noun

鎌倉 ‎(hiragana かまくら, romaji Kamakura)

1. a city in the southeast of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, capital city of the Kamakura shogunate
   • 712: Kojiki

     足鏡別王者、鎌倉之別、小津、石代之別、漁田之別祖也。次息長田別王之子、杙俣長田子王。

   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 14, poem 3365)

     可麻久良乃美胡之能佐吉能伊波久叡乃伎美我久由倍伎己許呂波母多自

   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 14, poem 3433)

     多伎木許流可麻久良夜麻能許太流木乎麻都等奈我伊波婆古非都追夜安奈牟

   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 20, poem 4330)

     奈尓波都尓余曾比余比弖気布能比夜伊田弖麻可良武美流波ゝ奈之尓 右一首、鎌倉郡上丁丸子連多麻呂。

   • 931–938, Wamyō Ruijushō, book 15, page 214-215:

     鎌倉郡 加末久良 按萬葉集作可麻久良 [...]

2. A surname​.

References

1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

• Kurano, Kenji; Yūkichi Takeda (712) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 1: Kojiki, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-000-60001-X, published 1958, page 224
• Minamoto, Shitagō; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (934–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Gaihen, Kyōto: Rinsen, ISBN 978-4-653-00508-7, published 1966, pages 203–204.
• Satake, Akihiro; Hideo Yamada; Rikio Kudō; Masao Ōtani; Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 3: Man’yōshū 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 978-4-00-240003-7, published 2002.
• Satake, Akihiro; Hideo Yamada; Rikio Kudō; Masao Ōtani; Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 4: Man’yōshū 4 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 978-4-00-240004-4, published 2003.