Kamakura

A 4.5-meter nine-tier Shakudani-stone pagoda at Ōtaniji in Echizen, dated by inscription to 1323. It marks the grave of Taichō, the monk who opened Mt. Haku.

At the north end of Jinguji in Obama, Fukui stands a late Kamakura gate of cypress shingles, its guardian figures inscribed with a date far younger than the timber.

The Three-Storied Pagoda of Myotsuji in Obama, Fukui, raised in 1270, is a National Treasure in the neat Kamakura Japanese style that completed the temple.

The main hall of Myotsuji in Obama, Fukui, raised in 1258, is a National Treasure whose cleverly planned interior makes it a Kamakura masterpiece of Wakasa.

At Eiheiji lies Dōgen's own 1233 manuscript of the Fukan Zazengi, his founding guide to Zen sitting and the only surviving autograph of this National Treasure.