Muromachi
Fukui · 室町Browse Fukui’s cultural heritage from the Muromachi period (1336 – 1573). Filter by type and keyword, with concise stories, maps, and travel tips.
Open on all four sides and seven bays wide, the worship hall at Ōshio Hachimangū in Echizen is a rare nagatoko hall, an Important Cultural Property since 1978.
Rebuilt in 1553 by the Echizen warlord Asakura Yoshikage, this Important Cultural Property in Obama, Fukui hangs a Shinto rope at its door and holds kami scrolls.
Rebuilt in 1491 and designated in 1941, the cypress-bark main hall of Suwa Azuki Shrine in Ikeda Town, Fukui, is often called the prefecture's oldest shrine hall.
Nakayamadera Temple Main Hall in Takahama, Fukui, is a cypress-bark-roofed hall dated to 1343 and an Important Cultural Property since 1962. Hours, fees and access.
Rebuilt in 1447 by a northern warlord, Hagaji's Main Hall in Obama is a mid-Muromachi esoteric hall, an Important Cultural Property with a tenth-century Kannon.
The main hall of Hanjoji in Obama, Fukui, built in 1489, is a thatched gable-entry Esoteric hall of thick members whose frame keeps its early Japanese form.
Myorakuji Temple Main Hall in Obama, Fukui, is a 5-by-5-bay hall with a hipped bark roof, designated in 1901. See its open roof interior, 1296 zushi, hours, access.