Momoyama

The main hall of Tsushima Shrine in Aichi, built in 1605 and said to be a gift of the lord of Kiyosu, is a cypress-bark hall at the head of the Tsushima shrines.

A haori held at the Tokugawa Art Museum in Nagoya. Its own period field says Momoyama, while its own date range reaches well into the Edo era besides.

A Momoyama-period Oribe ware square bowl held privately in Aichi Prefecture, designated an Important Cultural Property in 1967 and fired at the Mino kilns.

The Momoyama armour of Honda Tadakatsu with large antler crests and a great rosary, an Important Cultural Property since 1977.

Pale green ash glaze runs down the shoulder while the foot scorches black. The Momoyama Iga flower vase Fuyo holds warped, deliberate beauty in 28 centimeters.

The keep of Inuyama Castle above the Kiso River in Aichi, a National Treasure since 1952, built in stages from 1601 and regarded as the oldest surviving keep in Japan.

The two-storey gate of Tsushima Shrine in Aichi, built around 1592 and said to be a gift of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, is a well-proportioned gate of cypress bark.

Built in 1606, the main hall of Tobe Shrine is the only shrine building in Nagoya designated a national Important Cultural Property, rich in Momoyama-era carving.

Only four buildings at Nagoya Castle carry Important Cultural Property status. A guide to the three corner turrets and the Omote Ninomon gate, with visiting details.

Two Important Cultural Property gates at Nagoya Castle, built around 1612 in the defensive korai-mon style. Both survived the 1945 air raids that razed the keep.

Hazu Shrine in Nishio City, Aichi, has three Important Cultural Property halls in a row above Mikawa Bay: a main hall of 1580 and two early Edo subsidiary halls.

The Niomon Gate of Ryusenji in Moriyama, Nagoya, built in 1607, is a two-storey gate with a shingled roof that survived the fire of 1906 along with the pagoda.