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City on Honshu island, Japan; population
175,000. It was the seat of the first
shogunate 1192-1333, which established the
rule of the samurai class, and the Hachimangu
Shrine is dedicated to the gods of war; the
13th-century statue of Buddha (Daibutsu) is
13 m/43 ft high. From the 19th century,
artists and writers (for example, the
novelist Kawabata) settled here.