Muromachi
Saitama · 室町Browse Saitama’s cultural heritage from the Muromachi period (1336 – 1573). Filter by type and keyword, with concise stories, maps, and travel tips.
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.