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  2. Kinkaku-ji - Wikipedia

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    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).

  3. The Temple of the Golden Pavilion - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. File:Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion), Kyoto, Japan - 34036736784.jpg

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    Kinkaku-ji (Temple of the Golden Pavilion) is a Zen temple in northern Kyoto whose top two floors are completely covered in gold leaf. Formally known as Rokuon-ji, the temple was the retirement villa of the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, and according to his will it became a Zen temple of the Rinzai sect after his death in 1408.

  5. Ashikaga Yoshimitsu - Wikipedia

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    Kinkakuji Temple, the Golden Pavilion at Kinkaku-ji, originated as the villa of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (足利 義満, September 25, 1358 – May 31, 1408) was the third shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate, ruling from 1368 to 1394 during the Muromachi period of Japan.

  6. 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 ...

  7. Temple of the Golden Pavilion (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Kinkaku-ji, or Temple of the Golden Pavilion, is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, made famous in 1950 when it was destroyed by arson after surviving World War II intact. Temple of the Golden Pavilion or Golden Pavilion Temple may also refer to: Jinge Temple, a Buddhist temple in Shanxi, China

  8. Yukio Mishima - Wikipedia

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    The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, published in 1956, is a fictionalization of the burning down of the Kinkaku-ji Buddhist temple in Kyoto in 1950 by a mentally disturbed monk. [118] In 1959, Mishima published the artistically ambitious novel Kyōko no Ie. The novel tells the interconnected stories of four young men who represented four ...

  9. Kita-ku, Kyoto - Wikipedia

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    Daitoku-ji a famous Rinzai sect temple. Kamigamo Shrine, one of the oldest shrines in Japan. Kinkaku-ji, the Golden Pavilion, one of Japan's most famous temples. Imamiya Shrine, an ancient Shinto shrine dedicated to healing. Shinnyō-ji, a sub temple of Shōkoku-ji, famous for spring Iris blossoms.