Kuzuharaoka Shrine enshrines the court noble Lord Hino Toshimoto (d. 1332). Concerned about the deterioration of the Kamakura shogunate, Hino embarked on a plan to overthrow the shogunate on behalf of Emperor Go-Daigo (1288–1339) but was captured and brought to Kuzuharaoka, where he spent his final days. When translated into English, his death poems read, “I will die before autumn, but while my body disappears with the dew at Kuzuharaoka, my bitterness will remain in this world,” and “There is a phrase from ancient times: ‘A place with no death and no life, where there are no clouds in the vast sky and the waters of the Yangtze River are clear.’” To the left of the Shaden, the main shrine building, stands a gravestone that says, “The final resting place of Lord Toshimoto.”