Since the establishment of the military government in Edo in early-modern times, Kamakura did not appear on history's center stage, although the shrine building of Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu Shrine was remodeled under the protection of Ieyasu TOKUGAWA and Hidetada TOKUGAWA.
近世には江戸に武家政権が成立し、鶴岡八幡宮は徳川家康・秀忠の保護を受け、社殿の修理が行われたが、もはや鎌倉が政治の表舞台になることはなかった。