Momoyama

A National Treasure by Kano Eitoku, these gold-ground screens crowd old Kyoto with about 2,485 figures, the Gion Festival, and famous temples of the capital.

The front gate of Jonenji in Hagi, Yamaguchi, a Momoyama four-legged gate, is said to be a back gate of Hideyoshi's Jurakudai, given to Mori Terumoto and moved here.

Designated in 1935, this one-bay Momoyama sanctuary in central Kofu keeps painted carving and metal-fitted doors. Its name recalls a legend of draining the basin.

Rebuilt by Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1606 after Erinji burned, this vermilion four-legged gate is the temple's oldest building and is free to walk through today.

Built as the main hall by Asano Ujishige in 1594 and moved west in 1615, this nagare-zukuri hall keeps old timbers, fine door carving and kaerumata struts.

Built in 1612 at Mount Fuji's second station and moved to the lakeside precinct in 1973, this large, richly carved one-bay Momoyama hall was designated in 1985.

Four buildings at Ishiyama-dera in Otsu designated in 2008: the Mieido, the cliffside Renjo-do, a once brightly painted shrine and a log sutra house on bedrock.

The main gate of Ishiyama-dera in Otsu, an eight-legged gate reshaped around the Keicho era and designated in 1907, with Nio guardians and a Toyotomi crest.

Rebuilt in 1595, these identical square halls on Mount Hiei are joined by a corridor you walk beneath, hence the name Ninai-do. They still serve Tendai meditation.

Rebuilt in 1581 on Oda Nobunaga's order, the Main Hall of Oiso Shrine in Shiga is a three-bay nagare-zukuri hall roofed in cypress bark, set in the old Oiso Forest.

Kasuga Shrine Front Gate in Ritto, Shiga, is a cypress-bark four-legged gate of 1613, protected since 1904. How to read its posts, viewing conditions and bus access.

A 1601 reception hall at Mii-dera in Otsu, Shiga, and a classic of shoin-zukuri, with Kano Sanraku paintings and a garden pond at its veranda. Open by booking only.

A 1597 shoin-style hall at Saikyoji in Otsu, said to be a palace moved from Fushimi Castle, with a wood-shingle roof. Designated 1902; interior shown in autumn 2026.

Once Zeze Castle's North Great Gate on Lake Biwa, this korai-mon was rebuilt at Shinozu Shrine, Otsu, in 1872. Its tiles still carry the Honda hollyhock crest.

Main hall of Shirahige Shrine on Lake Biwa in Takashima, Shiga, built in 1603 by Toyotomi Hideyori, at a shrine famed for the vermilion torii rising from the lake.

Linked by corridors to the main hall of Chomeiji in Omihachiman, Shiga, a Tensho-era Sanbutsudo and a shrine worship hall of 1565 were designated in 2021.

Dated 1606 by its rooftop inscription, this small cypress-bark hall for fire rituals stands between the main hall and pagoda of Chomeiji in Omihachiman, Shiga.

Finished in 1597, the shingle-roofed pagoda at Chomeiji in Omihachiman, Shiga, rises 24.35 m above a first storey only 4.85 m wide, a slender early modern form.

Dated 1608 by ink on the mallet used at its raising, this skirted, cypress-bark bell tower at Chomeiji in Omihachiman, Shiga, has 2 bays east and 3 west.

The main hall of Tsukubusuma Shrine on Chikubushima, Shiga, a National Treasure since 1953, combining a 1567 hall with a lavish Momoyama core moved there in 1602.