This site, 100 meters from the former location of the Kamakura Shogun's place of office, is commonly believed to be the resting site of the first Shogun of Japan, Minamoto Yoritomo, who died in 1199 after falling off a horse. He was buried in a temple that was his personal place of worship, which has since moved. The temple was also where Yoritomo's son Sanetomo found refuge from rebels, and where 500 members of the Miura Clan committed ritual suicide to culminate their feud with the Hojo and Adachi clans. In the Edo Period, after the temple had moved, Yoritomo's cenotaph was moved back here, and a small pagoda was built to mark the gravesite.
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