やぐら

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Meanings

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cave tombs; rock-cut tombs

historical termusually written using kana alone

Historical term for artificial caves used as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods.

鎌かま倉くらには、やぐらと呼よばれる中ちゅう世せいの横よこ穴あな墓ぼが多おおく残のこっている。
Many medieval cave tombs called yagura remain in Kamakura.
このやぐらは、鎌かま倉くら時じ代だいの武ぶ士しの墓はかと伝つたえられている。
This yagura is said to be the tomb of a Kamakura-period warrior.