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After his death on January 27, 1490 (Entoku 2, seventh day of the first month), [5] the villa and gardens became a Buddhist temple complex, renamed Jishō-ji after Yoshimasa's Buddhist name. After extensive restoration, which started in February 2008, Ginkaku-ji is again in full glory to visit. The garden and temple complex are open to the public.
English: Sunlight through clouds and lookout view of Ginkaku-ji (Temple of the Silver Pavilion) and Tōgudō from above, Kyoto, Japan. Other languages: Čeština : Sluneční paprsky prosvítající skrze mraky a pohled z rozhledny na střechy chrámu Ginkakudži (Chrám Stříbrného pavilonu) a budovu Stříbrhého pavilonu v japonském Kjótu .
The building was an important model for Ginkaku-ji (Silver Pavilion Temple) and Shōkoku-ji, which are also located in Kyoto. [2] When these buildings were constructed, Ashikaga Yoshimasa employed the styles used at Kinkaku-ji and even borrowed the names of its second and third floors.
Silver Pavilion (Ginkaku) and garden of Jishō-ji, the residence of the Ashikaga shōgun in the Higashiyama hills of KyotoThe Higashiyama culture (東山文化 Higashiyama bunka) is a segment of Japanese culture that includes innovations in architecture, the visual arts and theatre during the late Muromachi period.
Ryōan-ji (late 16th century) in Kyoto, Japan, a famous example of a Zen garden A mountain, waterfall, and gravel "river" at Daisen-in (1509–1513). The Japanese dry garden (枯山水, karesansui) or Japanese rock garden, often called a Zen garden, is a distinctive style of Japanese garden.
Path of Philosophy) is a pedestrian path that follows a cherry-tree-lined canal in Kyoto, Japan between Ginkaku-ji and Nanzen-ji. First opened in 1890 and extended again in 1912, the path follows the course of a shallow irrigation channel bringing water from the Lake Biwa Canal .
English: Ginkaku-ji, officially named Jishō-ji, lit. "Temple of Shining Mercy", Kyoto, Japan: view of Tōgudō Hall, part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Ref. Number 688.
See also Zen for an overview of Zen, Chan Buddhism for the Chinese origins, and Sōtō, Rinzai and Ōbaku for the three main schools of Zen in Japan. Japanese Zen refers to the Japanese forms of Zen Buddhism, an originally Chinese Mahāyāna school of Buddhism that strongly emphasizes dhyāna, the meditative training of awareness and equanimity. [1]