Momoyama
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Date Masamune's 1604 hall on an islet in Matsushima Bay, reached by the Sukashi-bashi bridges, with zodiac carvings and Five Wisdom Kings shown every 33 years.
A four-legged gate of about 1609 before Zuiganji's main hall in Matsushima, the temple's only shingled roof, with an open frame and inventive carved brackets.
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.
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.