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 old main hall of Ono Oimatsu Tenmansha in Hita, Oita, built in 1488, is a sheltered three-bay nagare-style hall, a rare Muromachi survivor in Kyushu.
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.