Momoyama

Nijo Castle in Kyoto, occupied by Ieyasu in 1603 and remodelled in 1626, holds Japan's only surviving castle palace: six National Treasure shoin buildings in echelon

A shrine in Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto, where a stone chamber joins the main hall to the worship hall, with a pair of music rooms adjoining on either side of it.

A building at Nanzenji in Kyoto in which a greater and a lesser hall join to form one. The official record lists all of its rooms one by one, by name.

Ninnaji Temple Golden Hall is the imperial Shishinden moved here in 1643, the only early modern throne hall left. Its value, shutters, roof tiles and viewing.

A four-legged gate of the Momoyama period at Toyokuni Shrine in Kyoto. It is said to have come from Fushimi Castle by way of two other sites before this.

A three-storey pavilion at Honganji in Kyoto. Its north and south faces agree at 25.8 metres while its east and west faces do not agree with each other.

An autograph record at the Yomei Bunko in Kyoto Prefecture. The body of it copies out those very court documents that were designated alongside them all.

A pair of Momoyama folding screens at Chishakuin in Kyoto. The official record names no artist at all, and the title itself is written to show that gap.

Discover the National Treasure imperial letter (shinkan) written by Emperor Go-Yōzei to Shōren-in Temple in Kyoto. Learn about its historical significance, exquisite calligraphy, and the dramatic events of 1596 Japan.

The Main Hall of Obai-in at Daitoku-ji, Kyoto, built in 1586 and designated in 1922, holds forty-four ink panels by Unkoku Togan and faces the Hatotei dry garden.

Guest hall of 1605 at Kanchiin, a sub-temple of Toji in Kyoto: a National Treasure bridging medieval houses and the shoin style, with paintings by Musashi.

A Momoyama-period eight-legged gate from around 1601 closing the north end of Tō-ji's main axis, between the great halls and the quiet sub-temple quarter.

Tō-ji's main hall, rebuilt by Toyotomi Hideyori in 1603, blends three architectural styles and houses Kōshō's Yakushi triad. History, design and how to visit.

Tō-ji's east gate, the Akazu-mon, recalls Ashikaga Takauji shutting it in battle. Dated 1605 by the state, it is said to bear arrow marks. The sources compared.

Tō-ji's front gate on Kujō-dōri was built in 1601 for Sanjūsangen-dō and moved here in 1895 after the old gate burned. Its story and how to view it on the axis.

Three-bay yakuimon gate of the Momoyama period at Kodaiji, Kyoto, with a gabled tile roof, from the founding years of the temple Nene built for Hideyoshi.

Founder's hall of 1605 at Kodaiji, Kyoto, once a private chapel, standing between pond gardens to the east and west that are attributed to Kobori Enshu.

Tiny Momoyama-period pavilion at Kodaiji, Kyoto, built for viewing the moon: one bay square, with cusped karahafu gables on three sides and a cypress-bark roof.

Mausoleum of 1605 at Kodaiji, Kyoto, enshrining Toyotomi Hideyoshi and his widow Nene, its altar and shrines decorated in the celebrated Momoyama Kodaiji maki-e.

Main hall of Kobaiin, a Myoshinji sub-temple in Kyoto, securely dated to 1604: a shingled hip-and-gable abbot's hall that is a well-formed example of the Zen type.