 The name "Kamakura" appears in the "Kojiki" of 712, and is also mentioned in the c. 8th century "Man'yōshū" as well as in the "Wamyō Ruijushō" of 938.However, the city clearly appears in the historical record only with Minamoto no Yoritomo's founding of the Kamakura shogunate in 1192.There are various hypotheses about the origin of the name.