金閣寺
Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion)
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Between the trees on the edge of the pond, a three-story pavilion comes into view. It is the Shariden (reliquary hall) of Rokuonji, the Kinkaku (Golden Pavilion). The Kinkaku in Kyoto Meishocho (Album of Famous Places in Kyoto), published in 1909 (Meiji 42), is the original building, before it burned in a fire in 1950.
Rokuonji is a temple that grew out of the mountain villa of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, and the Kinkaku is thought to have been completed around 1399. Each story is built in a different style: the first in shinden-zukuri (the style of Heian aristocrats' mansions), the second in buke-zukuri (the style of samurai houses), and the third in the style of a Zen Buddhist hall. Before the fire, gold leaf is said to have remained only on the third story.
The present Kinkaku was rebuilt in 1955, and in a major restoration in 1986 and 1987 its gold leaf was replaced and its lacquer redone.
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- 『京都名勝帖』（明治42年10月）
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- 117+ years ago
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