Muromachi
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An early Muromachi-period main hall in Bungo-Ono, Oita Prefecture, Japan. Empty fields there now stand beside other fields that simply say none at all.
The Former Main Hall of Ōno Oimatsu Tenmansha Shrine, located in Maetsue Town, Hita City, Ōita Prefecture, is a sangensha nagare-zukuri structure built in 1488 and designated as a nationally Important Cultural Property. One of the rarest surviving examples of Muromachi-period shrine architecture in Kyushu, it features robust timber proportions and unique construction details, and is also renowned for the Ōno Gaku folk performance featuring kappa-inspired dances.
The main hall of Buzen Zenkoji in Usa, Oita: a mid-Muromachi hipped-roof building entered from its short end, protected nationally since 1907. Grounds open free.
Built in 1524 at Senpukuji in Kunisaki, Oita, this is the oldest Soto Zen Buddha hall in Japan and the only medieval example in Kyushu. Rethatched in 2007.
A stone five-tiered pagoda at Kutsukake in Kitsuki, Oita, 4.11 m high. A 1968 repair uncovered an inscription of 1339, and it was designated nationally in 1954.