Muromachi
Nara · 室町Browse Nara’s cultural heritage from the Muromachi period (1336 – 1573). Filter by type and keyword, with concise stories, maps, and travel tips.
Tanzan Shrine's Thirteen-Storied Pagoda in Sakurai, Nara, rebuilt in 1532, stacks thirteen cypress-bark roofs to about 17 metres and is said to be unique in wood.
Built in 1499 and designated in 1907, this vermilion Kasuga-style hall stands on the Yamato highlands, where the watershed divides two of Nara's river systems.
The main hall of the Tenjin Shrine at Kitano, Yamazoe, Nara, a mid-Muromachi kasuga-style shrine with sixteen ridge tablets, hosts a dengaku rite each October.
The main hall of Tenno Shrine in Tenri, Nara, built in 1396, is a small one-bay kasuga-style hall roofed in cypress bark and designated with 5 ridge tags.
Todaiji's Great Bathhouse, a medieval bath hall dated to 1408 with three rooms and an iron tub cast for Chōgen in 1197, seen across a rice field from the back lane.
Todaiji's Hokkedo Temizuya, a seven-by-four-bay ablution building of 1335 beside the Hokkedo, far larger than a usual water pavilion: its size, date and access.
Niu Shrine Main Hall in eastern Nara is a one-bay Kasuga-style hall roofed in cypress bark, dated by inscription to 1442, a rare Muromachi example near Enjo-ji.
Hakusan Shrine Main Hall at Abe Monjuin, Nara, is a small late-Muromachi nagare-zukuri hall and Important Cultural Property, now visited as a matchmaking shrine.
Hitomaro Shrine Main Hall in Kashihara, Nara, is a single-bay kasuga-zukuri sanctuary of 1345 honoring the poet Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, dated by a ridge-beam text.
Fukiji Main Hall in Kawanishi, Nara, is a hipped-roof Buddhist hall rebuilt in 1388 per a 1679 inscription. It adjoins Mutsugata Shrine and holds a Heian Shaka.
The Fukuonin Main Hall, built in 1437 in a Horyuji sub-temple, is a small square hall with a pyramidal tiled roof, unusual among the temple's dated small halls.
The main hall of Futaiji in Nara, an early Muromachi hall under a hipped tiled roof, stands at a temple said to have been founded by the poet Ariwara no Narihira.
The main hall of Fudoin in Yamatotakada, Nara, a hall of 1483 with a hipped roof of full tiles and a front porch, is designated together with two old eaves boards.
Hokakuji Byoto, a granite pagoda 268 cm tall, was raised on Mount Hyakkai in 1369 for the Shugendo master Sho-bo. Its carving copies wooden pagodas now lost.
The Hojuin Main Hall, built in 1512 in a Horyuji sub-temple, is a shallow three-by-two-bay hall with a rare wood-shingle roof, like the Shindo of 1284.
The Horyuji Temple Great Bathhouse Front Gate, an early Muromachi four-legged gate, is older than the Edo walls beside it and leads to the 1605 Great Bathhouse.
The Horyuji Temple Kitamuroin Taishiden Hall, mid-Muromachi, is a sub-temple residence with a main block and entrance corridor. Its plan, setting and access.
The Horyuji Temple Jizo Hall, built in 1372, is a small three-bay square hall. Compare it with the Shindo of 1284 and the Chuin Main Hall of 1434 on the same site.
The Horyuji Temple Chuin Main Hall, built in 1434 in a sub-temple, is a small square hall entered from the gable under a porch, designated with its altar platform.
The Horyuji Temple Eastern Precinct South Gate (Fumeimon), built in 1459, is a three-bay eight-legged gate in the south wall. Its rank, date and what to look for.