A Ginkgo Tree Fell in Japan

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Japan's favourite tree | An Easter story from Japan; Can Japanese technology
be used to revive the holy spirit? Economist, Mar. 31, 2010.
http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15826315

(a) Hachiman 八幡神
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachiman
(b) Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū 鶴岡八幡宮
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsurugaoka_Hachiman-g%C5%AB

Please refer to Section 3 "The giant ginkgo and the murder of Minamoto no
Sanetomo" (源 実朝, 1192-1219) regarding a statement in the Economist
article: "The story goes that in the 13th century, an assassin hid behind it
before severing the head of his uncle, the last shogun of the Minamoto line
."  

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