Muromachi

The south Hokyointo at Jodoji Temple, Onomichi, long called Ashikaga Takauji's grave, is a 14th-century stone stupa with its spire intact. Tradition and facts.

The 1348 Hokyointo at Jodoji Temple, Onomichi, 3.2 meters tall, was raised for the living and the dead and shows a receiving platform typical of the region.

A Muromachi koshigatana at Itsukushima Shrine, its gold-flecked lacquer mounting inlaid with mother-of-pearl paulownia crests and its blade signed Tomonari saku.

A Muromachi hall on Shodoshima, begun in 1522 and finished in 1533, designated an Important Cultural Property in 1907. Its 23 inscribed tiles are shown inside.

The mid-Muromachi gate of Motoyamaji, temple 70 on the Shikoku pilgrimage in Mitoyo. Protected nationally since 1904, it opens onto a National Treasure main hall.

Main hall of Tosa Kokubunji, Temple 29 of the Shikoku pilgrimage in Nankoku, Kochi, rebuilt in 1558 by Chosokabe Motochika, its shingled roof recalling early halls.

Hall of around the late 15th century at Kinrinji in Umaji, Kochi, with rare board eaves and fine cypress and cedar work, one of few such early halls in Shikoku.

Chikurinji's main hall at Godaisan in Kochi, designated in 1904, wears Zen-style fan rafters and packed bracketing, with heavenly musicians painted on the ceiling.

Tosa Jinja Heiden and Haiden in Kochi forms a cross read as a dragonfly entering the sanctuary. Built about 1571 in bare timber, its floors drop in three stages.

Tashima Shrine Main Hall in Imari, Saga: an early Muromachi three-bay nagare sanctuary, one of few medieval shrine buildings in Kyushu, seen through its shelter.

Kosoji Temple Kannon Hall in Iruma, Saitama: a Zen-style hall of the later 14th century moved here in 1744, with sweeping fan-raftered eaves and cusped windows.

Kotokuji Temple Omido Hall in Kawajima, Saitama: a 3-bay thatched hall of the Muromachi period on a site linked by legend to Hojo Masako. Designated in 1938.

The founder's pagoda of Jikoji in Tokigawa, Saitama, built in 1556, is a timber hoto pagoda under a roof of thick wooden shingles, protected since 1953.

The main hall of Hie Shrine in Kawagoe, Saitama, is a late Muromachi nagare-style hall of three bays, designated in 1946 with the shrine cabinet inside it.

The main hall of Ida Shrine in Iga, Mie, is a one-bay nagare-style hall of 1527 roofed in cypress bark, designated in 1939 together with six ridge tags.

The main hall of Kozoji in the hills of Toba, Mie, said to date from 1561, keeps the late Muromachi form while its painted patterns and carvings are inventive.

Kannonji Temple Kannon Hall in Shirataka is a thatched late Muromachi hall whose old-style exterior hides a Zen-style interior. Important Cultural Property, 1953.

Thatched three-bay shrine hall of the Muromachi period in Tsuruoka, Yamagata, a mature nagare-style design with delicate carving thought to be Kyoto work.

Timber three-storied pagoda only 2.5 metres high, made around 1519 and set in a cliff cave at Yamadera, Yamagata, with full bracket sets and gilt fittings.

Central hall of Yamadera in Yamagata, rebuilt in the 14th century and the oldest building at Risshakuji; its sanctuary holds a hidden Yakushi and the eternal flame.