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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 ]
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.
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 ...
Kinkakuji, located in Kyoto, Japan. The temple was built in 1397. It was burned down by a monk in 1950 and was restored five years later. Articles this image appears in Kinkaku-ji Creator User:Jerrypp772000. Support as nominator Jerry 23:09, 31 August 2007 (UTC) Oppose - Blown sky. Iorek85 00:08, 1 September 2007 (UTC) Oppose. Trees immediately ...
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Kinkaku-ji (German: Der Tempelbrand), a 1976 German language opera composed by Toshiro Mayuzumi based on the Mishima novel Kinkaku-ji (English language release title: Golden Pavilion Temple ), a Japanese pornographic film series produced by VIP , notable for the performance of AV idol Rui Sakuragi in second film in the series
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