英勝寺

目のまわりそうなタケノコの写真が取れたのでアップしました。
横須賀線に沿った道沿い、稲荷大明神との境付近に、動物供養の祠があります。丸い石と下書きの残る手書きのキキョウ紋（英勝寺＆太田家の紋）が可愛い。源氏山（英勝寺さんの朱印地）の自然動物用なのだそうです。

拝観料大人¥300。
御朱印を預けてから散策を。
さほど広くはありませんが、鎌倉に現存する唯一の尼寺だそうです。
規模は大きくありませんが、落ち着いた雰囲気の竹林もあります。
御本尊様のある仏殿は必ずドアを閉めましょう

The draw here is the bamboo forest and cave. Not crowded and well preserved. Good place in autumn.

入山料300円。この辺の住所が扇ケ谷なので気になってたが、この寺は扇ケ谷上杉の家老太田道灌の邸宅跡に建てられたもの。現在鎌倉唯一の尼寺らしい。見応えのある庭園が江戸初期の建造物とともに楽しめる。9月は花が少なくて残念。

Has a similar bamboo forest to Hōkokuji (also in Kamakura), though not as large, well-maintained, or as well-known. Only nunnery in Kamakura. Excellent for the retention of its original buildings, but this is not a must-visit temple if time is short. Preservation of the original structures lacks funding, as a proliferation of wood-boring insects in the support beams of the butsuden (closed to the public except for a small viewing hole through lattice) will demonstrate upon inspection; karamon, while original, is also not well-maintained. In short, a visit to Eishōji is neither essential nor particularly worthwhile for most travelers on budgets of time and money. Kamakura has plenty of other temples to which visits are more rewarding.

From the sign near the temple's main entrance, transcribed without corrections:

Tōkōzan Eishōji (founded 1636)

“Okaji no Kata (Eishoin), was a descendant of Ota Dokan, who built the original Edo Castle. An attendant of Tokugawa Ieyasu, she built the temple as a nunnery on the site of an old Dokan family mansion. Okaji no Kata was given the name Okatsu, (Lady of Victory), because he would win when she accompanied him into battle.
“Okatsu no Kata became the foster mother to Tokugawa Yorifusa, the founder of the Mito Tokugawa clan. Generations of daughters from the Mito clan subsequently served as head nun. The temple became so highly ranked in the Edo period society that it became known as the ‘Mito Mansion’, and a three-leaved hollyhock, the family crest of the Tokugawa clan, was placed over the main gate. The grounds are identical to those of a samurai mansion.
“The butsuden, shido, karamon, and belfry were all originally built in the Edo period, making Eishoji Temple a rare example of an intact temple from the era. ”