Muromachi
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The front gate of Entsuji in Mashiko, Tochigi, a four-legged gate of 1511 under a gabled copper roof shaped like thatch, was designated by the state in 1916.
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.
The main hall of Murahi Shrine in Tochigi is a late Muromachi kasuga-style hall of three bays under cypress bark, at a shrine linked to Fujiwara no Hidesato.