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  2. Ginkaku-ji - Wikipedia

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    Like Kinkaku-ji, Ginkaku-ji was originally built to serve as a place of rest and solitude for the Shōgun. During his reign as Shōgun, Ashikaga Yoshimasa inspired a new outpouring of traditional culture, which came to be known as Higashiyama Bunka (the Culture of the Eastern Mountain). Having retired to the villa, it is said Yoshimasa sat in ...

  3. Kinkaku-ji - Wikipedia

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    Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺, lit. 'Temple of the Golden Pavilion') , officially named Rokuon-ji ( 鹿苑寺 , lit. ' Deer Garden Temple ' ) , is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto , Japan and a tourist attraction. [ 2 ]

  4. List of Buddhist temples in Kyoto - Wikipedia

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    Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺, Kinkaku-ji) or the "Golden Pavilion Temple," formally identified as Rokuon-ji (鹿苑寺, Rokuon-ji). [27] Ryōan-ji (竜安寺, Ryōan-ji). [28] Ginkaku-ji (銀閣寺, Ginkaku-ji) or the "Temple of the Silver Pavilion," formally identified as Jishō-ji (慈照寺, Jishō-ji). [29] — World Historical Heritage Site ...

  5. Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu ...

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    Ginkaku-ji (literally "Temple of the Silver Pavilion"), officially named Jishō-ji (literally "Temple of Shining Mercy"), was originally built to serve as a place of rest and solitude for the shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimasa. After his death, the villa and gardens became a Buddhist temple complex.

  6. List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Kyoto) - Wikipedia

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    *Ginkaku-ji Gardens 慈照寺(銀閣寺)庭園 Jishōji (Ginkakuji) teien: Kyōto: also a Special Historic Site: 1 *Kinkaku-ji Gardens 鹿苑寺(金閣寺)庭園 Rokuonji (Kinkakuji) teien: Kyōto: also a Special Historic Site

  7. List of Buddhist temples in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Ginkaku-ji (Temple of the Silver Pavilion) Higashi-Honganji (Head temple of the Ōtani-ha branch within the Jōdo Shinshū school) Kinkaku-ji (Rokuonji, Deer Garden Temple, Temple of the Golden Pavilion) Kiyomizu-dera; Kōdai-ji; Kōzan-ji; Manpuku-ji (Ōbaku temple at Uji) Myōshin-ji; Nanzen-ji; Ninna-ji

  8. Muromachi period - Wikipedia

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    1489: Ginkaku-ji is built by Ashikaga Yoshimasa; 1543: Firearms are introduced by shipwrecked Portuguese; 1546: Hōjō Ujiyasu who had won the Battle of Kawagoe becomes ruler of the Kantō region; 1549: Catholic missionary Francis Xavier arrives in Japan; 1555: Mōri Motonari, who had won the Battle of Miyajima, becomes ruler of the Chūgoku region

  9. Higashiyama culture - Wikipedia

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    In this comparison Kinkaku-ji, representative of Kitayama culture is compared with Ginkaku-ji, representative of Higashiyama culture. [2] Interior of the Kuri, the main building of the Ryōan-ji, featuring elements of traditional Japanese style culture such as washitsu (fusuma, tatami, and shōji) which were stylized in the Higashiyama culture