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Kinkaku-ji

1397 · 14th century · Also known as Golden Pavilion, Rokuon-ji

Kinkaku-ji, the Temple of the Golden Pavilion, is a Zen temple in northern Kyoto, Japan. It began as the retirement villa of the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, who built the gold-leafed pavilion from 1397; after his death in 1408 it became a temple. The original pavilion was burned down by a monk in 1950 and rebuilt in 1955.

Kinkaku-ji
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Ashikaga shogunate

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Kinkaku-ji. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/kinkaku-ji
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