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Free paper“Yukyu” (3rd edition)

The history of “Yukyu,” a magazine published by Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine that examines Japanese culture, tradition, and thought, is long, with its first issue published in January 1948. It was first published in January 1948 by a group of like-minded people on the occasion of the separation of Shinto shrines and Shintoism from politics by a national Shinto directive, and its establishment as a “religion” (the first Yukyu). It is said that the name “Yuukyu” was chosen because of the belief in the existence of an eternal, unchanging path in the tumultuous world soon after the war. In April 1980, exactly 800 years after Minamoto no Yoritomo's arrival in Kamakura, the second edition of “Yukyu” was republished to carry on the wishes of the predecessors. However, the second edition of “Yuukyuu” had to be suspended again after the publication of the 165th issue. After a short hiatus, we have decided to republish the third edition of “Yuukyuu” with a new look. We hope that many of you will take a look at it. We hope that many of you will take a look at it. It is distributed at the shrine office, prayer reception desk, and waiting room of the Jomiya prayer hall.