Muromachi
Shiga · 室町Browse Shiga’s cultural heritage from the Muromachi period (1336 – 1573). Filter by type and keyword, with concise stories, maps, and travel tips.
The three-storied pagoda of Jorakuji in Konan, Shiga, built around 1400 and a National Treasure since 1953, with textbook proportions.
The early Muromachi main hall of Jorakuji in Konan, Shiga, a National Treasure since 1953, rebuilt after 1360 and a representative Japanese-style hall.
Thatched shrine gate of 1485 at Shingu Shrine in Koka, Shiga, a two-storey design never finished, with carvings of the late Muromachi period; part of Ninja Hometown.
Main hall of Shingu Shrine on the old Tokaido at Noji, Kusatsu, Shiga, a one-bay nagare-style sanctuary of 1523 with a rare cusped gable and finely carved struts.
Sekishin-ji's main hall in Kusatsu, rebuilt around 1359, blends Japanese and Zen styles. It stands at Yabase, the Lake Biwa port behind the proverb isogaba maware.
The main hall of Zensuiji in Konan, Shiga, rebuilt in 1366 and a National Treasure since 1954, a fine esoteric hall with unusual framing and ornate carving.
Three-storied pagoda of 1454 at Sokenji on Mount Azuchi, Omihachiman, Shiga, moved by Oda Nobunaga to his Azuchi Castle temple; within the castle site.
Main hall of Daigyoji Shrine beside Enkoji in Yasu, Shiga, a small, elegant one-bay nagare-style sanctuary rebuilt in the mid-Muromachi period; well preserved.
Raised in 1524 after a fire, the cypress-bark main hall of Chomeiji in Omihachiman, Shiga, keeps traces of its first Tendai plan. Open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., free.
A small mid-Muromachi hall right of the West Main Hall at Namura Shrine, Ryuo, Shiga, praised for its fine detailing and listed in 1971 with the storehouse.
A small mid-Muromachi hall left of the West Main Hall at Namura Shrine, Ryuo, Shiga, listed in 1904, 67 years before its twin, the Juzenji shrine; seen over a fence.
A 1536 store for portable shrines just inside the gate of Namura Shrine, Ryuo, Shiga, called an unusual survival by the Agency; 4 by 2 bays, gabled, listed in 1971.
A mid-Muromachi one-bay hall in woods east of Namura Shrine, Ryuo, Shiga, listed in 1924. Said to be the shrine's first site, it has no fence and sits among mounds.
Namura Shrine's thatched two-storey gate in Ryuo, Shiga, dated to 1522 and listed in 1904, opens the west precinct and is the only thatched building on the grounds.
The main hall of Fudoji, a Tendai mountain temple above Otsu, Shiga, is built out over the slope: an early Muromachi inner hall with a worship hall added in 1771.
Read over the body of Eigen-ji's founder the day after his death in 1367, this ink funeral elegy is an Important Cultural Property at the Shiga Zen temple he built.
An ink manuscript written at Eigen-ji in 1377, recording the Dharma address spoken as the Zen master Jakushitsu Genko was enshrined in the founder's hall.
Three scrolls at Eigen-ji, Shiga, recording the sermon and incense verse for the 33rd memorial of founder Jakushitsu Genko, held on his death anniversary in 1399.
A 1367 ink scroll preserves the verse chanted over incense at founder Jakushitsu Genkō's seventh-day rite, when his disciples resolved to keep Eigenji alive.
Two ink-on-paper scrolls hold a Zen sermon spoken at Eigenji in 1379 for the founder's thirteenth-anniversary memorial. An Important Cultural Property since 1936.