Muromachi
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A thatched three-bay hall of 1427 in upland Wakayama, dated by its ridge tablets, housing a 1494 shrine cabinet and a village rite still held each lunar new year.
The tahoto pagoda of Gokokuin at Kimiidera, Wakayama, a three-bay two-storey pagoda of 1449 roofed in hongawara tiles, was designated in 1908 with a ridge tag.
The two-storey gate of Gokokuin at Kimiidera, Wakayama, a gate of the mid Muromachi period three bays wide with a tiled hip-and-gable roof, was designated in 1908.
The Kongobuji Temple Sannoin Main Hall comprises three shrines to Koyasan's guardian deities, rebuilt in 1522 per the Agency, with oversized Kasuga-style forms.
Built in 1560 and named an Important Cultural Property in 1955, this single-bay Kasuga-style hall in mountainous Aridagawa keeps carved peonies and faded polychrome.
The Chohoji Temple Great Gate in Kainan, Wakayama, a gate of 1388 and a National Treasure since 1953, is famed for its proportions; the temple is closed.
The Chohoji Temple Tahoto Pagoda in Kainan, Wakayama, dated 1357 and a National Treasure since 1953, is a pure Japanese-style pagoda; the temple is closed.
Rebuilt in 1462, the Main Hall of Tomobuchi Hachiman Shrine in Kinokawa is Wakayama's only three-bay nagare-zukuri with a front chamber and Kyoto-style carving.
The three main halls of Niukanshofu Shrine in Kudoyama, Wakayama, kasuga-style halls of 1517 and 1541, stand within the Kii Mountain Range World Heritage site.
The Great Pagoda of Negoroji in Iwade, Wakayama, a National Treasure begun in 1480 and finished in 1547, is the largest surviving tahoto pagoda in Japan.
A single-bay nagare-zukuri hall of about 1572 with a cypress-bark roof, among the smallest buildings at this Wakayama shrine and designated in 1944. Free entry.
Known as the Wakamiya, this three-bay hall at a Kimino Town shrine in Wakayama carries five ridge tablets, the most in the precinct, and was designated in 1944.
A three-bay nagare-zukuri sanctuary of 1572 with a cypress-bark roof in Kimino Town, Wakayama, designated in 1944. The precinct is open all year, free of charge.
A single-bay Kasuga-style hall of 1502 at Hirohachiman Shrine in Hirokawa, Wakayama, listed in 1929, matching its neighbour of 1493 in size and in form.
The small Kasuga-style hall of 1493 beside the main sanctuary at Hirohachiman Shrine in Hirokawa, Wakayama, listed in 1929, dated by eleven surviving ridge tags.
A three-bay cypress-bark sanctuary of about 1413 at Hirohachiman Shrine in Hirokawa, Wakayama, listed in 1929, with a symmetrical gentian strut at the rear.
The two-storied tiled gate of 1475 at the entrance to Hirohachiman Shrine in Hirokawa, Wakayama, listed in 1947 and the starting point of the autumn procession.
The main hall of Hōon-ji in Aridagawa, Wakayama, dates to 1457, fixed by a ridge plaque in its roof. A small, square, thatched hall protected nationally since 1917.
Hōzō-ji's bell tower in Wakayama is a Muromachi-period building with a hipped roof rare on such towers. Its bell reportedly warned villagers of the 1854 tsunami.
The main hall of Risho Gokokuji in Hashimoto, Wakayama, is a five-bay hipped-roof hall rebuilt around 1375, an Important Cultural Property with vermilion pillars.