Kinkaku-ji, officially named Rokuon-ji, is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, and a major tourist attraction, designated a World Heritage Site, a National Special Historic Site, a National Special Landscape, and one of the seventeen Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto. It is nicknamed after its reliquary, the shariden known as the Golden Pavilion, whose top two floors are coated in gold leaf; the current pavilion was rebuilt in 1955 after the original was destroyed in an arson attack.
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Building Type Completed YearThe villa was converted into a Zen temple after Yoshimitsu's 1408 death; the current pavilion is a 1955 reconstruction after the original was destroyed by arson in 1950. Classification
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A landmark of Japanese traditional architecture.
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1. Kinkaku-ji (Wikipedia)
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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.
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The temple is nicknamed after its reliquary (shariden), the Golden Pavilion (金閣, Kinkaku), whose top two floors are coated in 0.5 μm gold leaf. The current pavilion was rebuilt in 1955 after being destroyed in an arson attack.
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It is designed as an open space with adjacent verandas and uses natural, unpainted wood and white plaster.
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