Muromachi

Discover the Important Cultural Property front gate of Entsuji Temple in Mashiko, Tochigi — a bold Muromachi-period four-legged gate with exquisite Chinese-style carvings, standing at the historic headquarters of the Nagoe branch of Jodo Buddhism.

Built in 1537 at Mashiko in Tochigi, this pagoda changes style at every storey, Japanese below and Chinese-derived fan rafters above, beneath an unusual copper roof.

Inside the main hall at Mashiko in Tochigi stands a black-lacquered miniature shrine inscribed 1394, though its carving has also been read as work of the 1490s.

This thatched two-storied gate at Mashiko in Tochigi dates to the 1490s. Its columns are cut with thirty-two facets and Chinese-style brackets carry the balustrade.

Jizoin Main Hall in Mashiko, Tochigi, dated to about 1542 and listed in 1916, is the Amida hall of a lost Utsunomiya clan temple. The interior is normally closed.

Built in 1527, Ōkura Shrine's main hall is a small single-bay thatched structure beside Tsuna Shrine in Mashiko, Tochigi, and an Important Cultural Property.

Tsuna Shrine's thatched main hall in Mashiko, Tochigi, is a Muromachi building tied to exiled lord Utsunomiya Asatsuna, an Important Cultural Property since 1916.

Murahi Shrine in Tochigi City dates back to 646 CE and is one of only twelve Engishiki-listed shrines in Tochigi Prefecture. Its main hall, built in 1553, features the rare sangensha-kasuga-zukuri style with a cypress bark roof — unique in the prefecture — and is designated a national Important Cultural Property for its exquisite Muromachi-period carvings and distinctive bracket complexes.