Muromachi

A small late Muromachi hall with a thatched roof in Nishiaizu, Fukushima, an Important Cultural Property since 1966, worshipped locally as a protector of children.

The Jizo hall of Enmeiji near Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, a mid-Muromachi Zen-style hall with a pent roof, looks two-storeyed and is called the Fujikura Nikaido.

Okunoin Bentendo in Yanaizu, Fukushima, a late Muromachi thatched hall in the Zen style with bell-shaped windows and a painted interior, enshrines Benzaiten.

The Kannon hall at Shimogo in southern Aizu, Fukushima, a simple hall of about 1388 rare for its age in Aizu, is a stop on the Aizu Kannon pilgrimage.

The Yakushi Hall of Shojoji in Yukawa, Fukushima, a five-bay hipped hall of the early Muromachi period, was the lecture hall of a temple said to date from 807.

The Yakushi Hall of Jofukuin in Aizumisato, Fukushima, a small Zen-style hall of the mid-Muromachi period called Tago Yakushi, had its roof restored in 1956.

The main hall of Doyama Oji Shrine in Tamura, Fukushima, of about 1498, is a single-storey hall of five bays by four with a hipped copper roof shaped like thatch.