Muromachi

Late-Muromachi Kannon hall of Jakushoji (Wakamatsu Kannon), a matchmaking temple in Tendo, Yamagata, repaired by Mogami Yoshiaki in 1611 and restored in the 1960s.

At the Chido Museum in Tsuruoka, this Muromachi domaru is said to have been worn by Tokugawa retainer Sakai Tadatsugu. Laced in purple, crimson and white.

This Muromachi haramaki at Uesugi Shrine in Yonezawa fastens at the back and bears an Izuna Gongen helmet crest. By tradition, Uesugi Kenshin's armor.

At Uesugi Shrine in Yonezawa, a 41.5 cm straight blade bears the seven stars and Sanskrit syllables in gold and silver inlay. A rare sword linked to Uesugi Kenshin.

Three Goryeo-dynasty scrolls dated 1309, owned by Uesugi Shrine in Yonezawa and designated an Important Cultural Property. Stolen in 1987, the set remains missing.

Ima Hachiman Shrine Worship Hall in Yamaguchi joins gate and main hall on one axis, an early form of gongen-zukuri. A late Muromachi building designated in 1907.

Ima Hachiman Shrine Main Hall in Yamaguchi, said to be rebuilt in 1503, is a nagare-zukuri sanctuary with rare carvings of sun, moon and fish; designated in 1907.

Ima Hachiman Shrine Tower Gate in Yamaguchi has floored wings that make it a worship hall, a type copied across the region; designated 1907, Ouchi crests on top.

On the wooded summit of Mount Iwaki in Yamaguchi, this Shinto hall dates to 1469. Its hip-and-gable front, gable rear, and carved struts show late Muromachi craft.

The 1539 worship hall of Sumiyoshi Shrine in Shimonoseki, said to be a gift of Mori Motonari: a three-by-one-bay, gable-fronted hall roofed in cypress bark.

Ouchi Hiroyo's 1370 main hall at Sumiyoshi Shrine, Shimonoseki: five one-bay sanctuaries linked into a nine-bay nagare-style hall with five gables on its roof.

Rebuilt by Takeda Shingen in 1558 at the site where Kai Province's first-ranked shrine began, this cypress-bark hall carries helmets carved on its struts.

The Niomon at Unpoji in Koshu, Yamanashi, is a late-Muromachi three-bay eight-legged gate, copper-roofed and flanked by two Nio guardian kings on the stone approach.

Unpoji's main hall in Koshu, Yamanashi, is a late-Muromachi Important Cultural Property with a cypress-bark hip-and-gable roof and a curved karahafu worship porch.

Rebuilt by Takeda Shingen in 1561 as the main hall and moved aside in 1594, this small nagare-zukuri hall is the oldest building at the shrine, designated in 1907.

Kubo Hachiman Shrine Shinmon Gate, dated to 1511, is a bark-roofed four-legged gate facing east, designated together with the arched stone bridge set in front of it.

Wakamiya Hachiman Worship Hall at Kubo Hachiman Shrine, built in 1536, is a plain hip-and-gable hall about twenty years older than the long main worship hall nearby.

Wakamiya Hachiman Main Hall, an auxiliary sanctuary at Kubo Hachiman Shrine in Yamanashi, is a three-bay nagare-zukuri hall thought to be the oldest in the grounds.

Kubo Hachiman Shrine Torii, dated to 1535, is a braced wooden ryobu torii on the approach to the shrine, described by Yamanashi City as Japan's oldest wooden torii.

Kubo Hachiman Shrine Worship Hall (Choya), dated to about 1557, spans 11 bays to face the main hall; its low floor suggests it also served as the shrine office.