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Kinkaku-ji, Kyoto, originally built in 1397 (Muromachi period) Japanese architecture (日本建築, Nihon kenchiku) has been typified by wooden structures, elevated slightly off the ground, with tiled or thatched roofs.
The Golden Pavilion (金閣, Kinkaku) is a three-story building on the grounds of the Rokuon-ji temple complex. [15] The top two stories of the pavilion are covered with pure gold leaf . [ 15 ] The pavilion functions as a shariden (舎利殿), housing relics of the Buddha (Buddha's Ashes).
After his death, Yoshimasa arranged for this property to become a Zen temple under the name Jishō-ji. [1] The temple is today associated with the Shokoku-ji branch of Rinzai Zen. The two-storied Kannon-den (観音殿, Kannon hall), is the main temple structure. Its construction began February 21, 1482 (Bummei 14, fourth day of the second month ...
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The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (金閣寺, Kinkaku-ji) is a novel by the Japanese author Yukio Mishima. It was published in 1956 and translated into English by Ivan Morris in 1959. The novel is loosely based on the burning of the Reliquary (or Golden Pavilion) of Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto by a young Buddhist acolyte in 1950. The pavilion, dating ...
Buddhist temple of Kinkaku-ji, declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Butsuden or Butsu-dō (仏殿・仏堂) – lit. "Hall of Buddha". A Zen temple's main hall. Seems to have two stories, but has in fact only one and measures either 3×3 or 5×5 bays. Any building enshrining the statue of Buddha or of a bodhisattva and dedicated to prayer. [25]
The shiro-shoin at Nishi Hongan-ji The main reception room is characterized by specific features: a recessed alcove ( tokonoma ), staggered shelves, built-in desks, and ornate sliding doors. [ 5 ] [ 7 ] Generally the reception room is covered with wall-to-wall tatami and has square beveled pillars, a coved or coffered ceiling, and wooden ...
The 1960s construction boom in Japan, which leveled the old wood-and-paper traditional Japanese architecture and replaced it with sparkling mega-cities of glass and steel, helped inspire brand new schools of Japanese architecture, such as the Metabolism (architecture) movement led by Kenzō Tange, that boldly broke free from conventional models ...