Important cultural property
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Unpoji's shoin in Koshu, Yamanashi, is a mid-Edo Important Cultural Property of 1716: a hipped, thatched residential hall behind the garden, the newest of its four.
The Niomon at Unpoji in Koshu, Yamanashi, is a late-Muromachi three-bay eight-legged gate, copper-roofed and flanked by two Nio guardian kings on the stone approach.
Unpoji's main hall in Koshu, Yamanashi, is a late-Muromachi Important Cultural Property with a cypress-bark hip-and-gable roof and a curved karahafu worship porch.
Rebuilt by Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1606 after Erinji burned, this vermilion four-legged gate is the temple's oldest building and is free to walk through today.
On Mt. Yumura in Kōfu, Entaku-ji's hipped-roof Jizō-dō shelters a stone Jizō. An Important Cultural Property since 1949, its soot-black interior rewards a visit.
A late-Kamakura Important Cultural Property in Kosuge, Yamanashi, this hall preserves rare Heian residential carpentry and shelters a hidden Nyoirin Kannon.
Rebuilt by Takeda Shingen in 1561 as the main hall and moved aside in 1594, this small nagare-zukuri hall is the oldest building at the shrine, designated in 1907.
Built as the main hall by Asano Ujishige in 1594 and moved west in 1615, this nagare-zukuri hall keeps old timbers, fine door carving and kaerumata struts.
Built in 1615 by Torii Narutsugu, the irimoya-roofed main hall behind the worship hall is praised for lacquer, carving and gilt fittings equal to Momoyama work.
Kubo Hachiman Shrine Shinmon Gate, dated to 1511, is a bark-roofed four-legged gate facing east, designated together with the arched stone bridge set in front of it.
Wakamiya Hachiman Worship Hall at Kubo Hachiman Shrine, built in 1536, is a plain hip-and-gable hall about twenty years older than the long main worship hall nearby.
Wakamiya Hachiman Main Hall, an auxiliary sanctuary at Kubo Hachiman Shrine in Yamanashi, is a three-bay nagare-zukuri hall thought to be the oldest in the grounds.
Kubo Hachiman Shrine Torii, dated to 1535, is a braced wooden ryobu torii on the approach to the shrine, described by Yamanashi City as Japan's oldest wooden torii.
Kubo Hachiman Shrine Worship Hall (Choya), dated to about 1557, spans 11 bays to face the main hall; its low floor suggests it also served as the shrine office.
Kubo Hachiman Shrine Main Hall, built around 1519, joins three sanctuaries into one eleven-bay nagare-zukuri building, the largest of its type surviving in Japan.
Kora Shrine Main Hall at Kubo Hachiman Shrine, said to be rebuilt in 1500, is the only kasuga-zukuri sanctuary among the shrine's designated halls in Yamanashi.
Takeuchi Daijin Main Hall at Kubo Hachiman Shrine, said to date from 1500, is a small unpainted sanctuary praised for its graceful carving and balanced proportions.
Hime Sanjin Main Hall at Kubo Hachiman Shrine, said to be rebuilt in 1625, is a small lacquered sanctuary in white, vermilion and black on an island in the pond.
Two-storey gate of Kai Zenkoji in Kofu, Yamanashi, raised in 1767 after a fire, 15 metres high and blending Japanese and Zen styles, with unfinished Nio figures.
Main hall of Kai Zenkoji in Kofu, Yamanashi, rebuilt in the late 18th century in the T-shaped shumoku style, 27 metres high, known for its echoing dragon ceiling.