Momoyama
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The Karamon gate of Sanboin at Daigoji, Kyoto, built in 1599 and a National Treasure since 1954, a bold Momoyama gate with great carved crests.
The seven halls of Sanboin at Daigoji, Kyoto, Important Cultural Properties since 1897, including the National Treasure Omote Shoin, the finest Momoyama shoin.
The main hall of Shodenji in northern Kyoto, a Momoyama-period building from Fushimi Castle, keeps a blood ceiling said to come from the castle siege of 1600.
The Yorinan Shoin at Jodoin, a sub-temple of Byodoin in Uji, is a Momoyama-period (1573–1614) hall said to reuse Fushimi Castle timber; it is not open to visitors.
Momoyama-period hall at Jingoji in Takao, Kyoto, with a shingled hip-and-gable roof, enshrining a relief figure of Kobo Daishi shown each year from November 1 to 7.
Priests' quarters of 1609 at Shinjuan in Daitokuji, Kyoto, a gable-entry shingled building in the only intact abbot's hall and kuri layout of Daitokuji.
A large, richly carved Momoyama four-legged gate crowning Sennyū-ji. Designated an Important Cultural Property in 1966, it opens onto a downhill path to the Buddha Hall.
Momoyama-period audience hall at Daikakuji, the Saga Palace temple in Kyoto: a hip-and-gable cypress-bark building, seven bays at the front, designated in 1912.
The founder's hall at the summit of upper Daigoji, Kyoto, rebuilt by Toyotomi Hideyori and an Important Cultural Property since 1954, the largest hall on the mountain.
The Nyoirindo at the summit of upper Daigoji, Kyoto, built in 1606 and an Important Cultural Property since 1954, successor to one of the temple's first halls.
The shoin of Daisenin at Daitokuji, Kyoto, rebuilt by Takuan in 1614 and an Important Cultural Property since 1962, simple in design and linked with Miyamoto Musashi.
Built in 1602 with an attached entrance and ridge tablet, this compact abbot's hall at Myoshinji opens its interior only on the booked special viewing.
The Momoyama Karamon gate of Daitokuji, Kyoto, a National Treasure since 1952, said to come from the Jurakudai and lavishly carved.
Built in 1603 and listed in 1967, Engetsukyo is a roofed timber bridge on five piers, eleven bays long, crossing the Sengyokukan ravine at Tofukuji in Kyoto.
Hoshakuji's three-storied pagoda stands on Mt. Tennozan near Kyoto. Dated to 1604 and about 20 meters tall, it is the one-night pagoda tied to Hideyoshi's victory.
The main hall of Hotoji in Fukakusa, Kyoto, built in 1608 at a Nichiren temple holding the grave of Nichizo, is a large hall with an open outer hall and tall posts.
The Momoyama Karamon of Nishi Honganji, Kyoto, a National Treasure since 1953, the finest surviving carved gate of its age, known as the Higurashi-mon.
The Noh stage of 1581 north of the shoin of Nishi Honganji, Kyoto, a National Treasure since 1953 and the oldest surviving Noh stage.
Nishi Honganji's South Noh Stage in Kyoto, Momoyama period, designated 1910: a gabled bark-roofed stage watched from the Taimensho, with Noh performed each May 21.
A Momoyama bathhouse at Nishi Honganji, Kyoto, designated 1908: the raised Okakudai, joined to Hiunkaku by a corridor, with a gabled steam bath and iron cauldron.