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Teruji Hagiwara (Japan Artists Association member) |
This is one of Kamakura's seven Kiridoshi, or steep slopes, and is designated a national historic site. To make a passage connecting Kamakura to Mutsuura, construction of this road was commenced in 1241 under the command of Hojo Yasutoki, the Shikken officer who held the real power in the government. The name Asahina comes from the legend that a man named Asahina Saburo Yoshihide cut the road overnight.