Muromachi
Hyogo · 室町Browse Hyogo’s cultural heritage from the Muromachi period (1336 – 1573). Filter by type and keyword, with concise stories, maps, and travel tips.
The main hall of Akabuchi Shrine at Wadayama, Asago, Hyogo, an early Muromachi three-bay nagare-style shrine, keeps much of its original carved woodwork.
The main hall of Amatsu Shrine at Yokawa, Miki, Hyogo, is a hall of 1492 with a cypress-bark hip-and-gable roof, entered from the gable end with a porch.
The three-storied pagoda of Ikarugadera in Taishi, Hyogo, a three-bay pagoda of 1565 with tiled roofs, was designated in 1928 and is an Important Cultural Property.
The Ichijoji Temple Benten-do Hall in Kasai, Hyogo, an Important Cultural Property since 1913, is a mid-Muromachi shrine of unusual form with fine carving.
The main hall of Inari Shrine at Yokawa, Miki, Hyogo, a small kasuga-style shrine of 1546 built by Todaiji carpenters, is well kept inside a cover building.
The mortuary precinct of the founder Shoku in the western valley of Mount Shosha. Four buildings, two designated in 1955 and two added to the listing in 2014.
A small square chapel south of the Mitsunodo, built in 1544 for the sub-temple Fugen-in and designated in 1913. Its brackets and struts preserve late Muromachi work.
The long hall closing the west end of the Mitsunodo court, forty metres of two full storeys, designated in 1955 and open inside for sutra copying and treasures.
A meditation hall on the south side of the Mitsunodo court, with a green room and a projecting stage built for offering dance to the hall opposite. Designated 1955.
A bell tower on rising ground north of the Mitsunodo, with a flared boarded skirt and bracketed cornice, designated in 1913. Its construction date remains disputed.
The main hall of Engyoji, facing the raked sand court of the Mitsunodo. Its lower storey dates to 1440 and its upper to 1462, and it was designated in 1913.
Built in 1406 for the temple guardian deity, the Gyoja Hall at Kakurinji in Kakogawa joins a Kasuga-style shrine front to a hip-and-gable rear under clay tiles.
The Goma Hall at Kakurinji in Kakogawa, built in 1563, is a square hip-and-gable hall without brackets, Wayo outside and Zen style inside, and the youngest on site.
Built in 1407, the Bell Tower at Kakurinji in Kakogawa has a skirt-like hakamagoshi base and holds a Goryeo-dynasty Korean bell, normally rung only on New Year Eve.
Kakurinji Main Hall in Kakogawa, dated 1397, is a National Treasure that blends Wayo with Zen and Daibutsuyo details. What to look for under its eaves and inside it.
Kangiin Shotendo in Miki, Hyogo, is a small 1411 cypress-bark shrine hall, the city's oldest, an Important Cultural Property noted for its rare veranda bracketing.
The main hall of Kukuhi Shrine in Toyooka, Hyogo, a three-bay nagare hall of 1507, is unusually lively for a shrine, with many frog-leg struts and rich gables.
Jodoji's Yakushi Hall in Ono, rebuilt in 1517, faces the Jodo-do across the court and mixes Daibutsu, wayo and karayo styles, from katomado windows to its ceiling.
The main hall of Takamefu Shrine in Sanda, Hyogo, built in 1513, is a one-bay nagare-zukuri hall of cypress bark, designated with a ridge tag and an old beam.
The main hall of Chokoji in Kato, Hyogo, built in the Oei era of the early 1400s, is a National Treasure and a typical Esoteric hall of the early Muromachi period.