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Kyoto Botanical Garden. The Kyoto Botanical Garden (京都府立植物園, Kyōto Furitsu Shokubutsuen, 240,000 m²), also known as the Kyoto Prefectural Botanical Garden, is a major botanical garden with conservatory located next to the Kamo River, Hangi-cho Simogamo, Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan.
Kinkaku-ji's history dates to 1397, when the villa was purchased from the Saionji family by shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and transformed into the Kinkaku-ji complex. [4] When Yoshimitsu died the building was converted into a Zen temple by his son, according to his wishes. [5] Golden Pavilion following the 1950 arson
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
This name was changed to Kyoto Gardens in 1966 when the City of Kyoto, Japan, donated a bronze bell, with Abbot Jikai Murakami of Kyoto's Kinkaku-ji present for the opening. The Sanju Pagoda is modeled after the Hokke-ji Temple (Kanji: 南法華寺) in Nara, Japan which was built in the Momoyama period (1571–1602). The garden replica is built ...
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). [2] For the structure's design, Yoshimasa sought to emulate the golden Kinkaku-ji, which had been commissioned by his grandfather Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.
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.
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 .
The family was descended from Saionji Michisue (1090–1128), son of Fujiwara no Kinzane.In the time of Michisue's great-grandson Saionji Kintsune (1171–1244), Minamoto no Yoritomo's niece was married into the Saionji family, thus giving the Kamakura shōguns of the Minamoto clan some influence in, and protection from, the Imperial Court.