Momoyama

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.

Two 1595 halls near the summit above Hiyoshi Taisha in Otsu. The worship hall is cantilevered over a cliff and joined at the rear to the sanctuary behind it.

Two 1598 halls at Hiyoshi Taisha in Otsu. The last of the shrine's three Hiyoshi-zukuri sanctuaries, it was set down over bedrock left exposed beneath the floor.

Two summit halls above Hiyoshi Taisha in Otsu, dated 1599. Nearly a twin of neighbouring Ushio Shrine, it differs in frontage, entrance and how the gable is built.

Two 1595 halls at Hiyoshi Taisha in Otsu. The sanctuary of the consort deity carries lavish metal fittings; its worship hall is the only latticed one here.

Two Momoyama halls at Hiyoshi Taisha in Otsu. The sanctuary repeats a neighbouring design with its metalwork stripped back; the worship hall has no walls at all.

Two Momoyama buildings at Hiyoshi Taisha in Otsu: an 1586 National Treasure whose roof stops at the rear, raised over a chamber that once held Buddhist images.

A 1586 tower gate at Hiyoshi Taisha in Otsu, listed in 1917. Four carved monkeys prop the eaves, and three more play in pine branches on the upper storey.

Momoyama halls at Hiyoshi Taisha in Otsu, built 1595 and 1596. The 1595 Main Hall is a National Treasure whose details diverge quietly from its western twin.

A Momoyama gate at Hiyoshi Taisha in Otsu, dated only to a twenty-year span. Step through and the sanctuary is not ahead of you but turned aside from the path.

Three stone beam bridges over the Omiya River at Hiyoshi Taisha in Otsu, listed together in 1917. Each translates the joinery of a timber bridge into cut stone.

Hogonji's karamon gate, Kannon Hall and corridors on Chikubushima, moved by Toyotomi Hideyori in 1603; the gate, possibly from Osaka Castle, is a National Treasure.