Kinkakuji
金閣寺
きんかくじ
Temple of the Golden Pavilion. Popular name of Rokuonji, a temple
of the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism. Built on the outskirts of Kyoto
by the third Muromachi shogun, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu in 1397.
The Kinkaku is a gilded three-story pavilion in the garden. |
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