Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺, Temple of the Golden Pavilion) is located in Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, on the island of Honshu, Japan. The site of Kinkaku-ji was purchased by shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu in 1397. All the buildings except the Golden Pavilion were burned in the 15th century during the Ōnin war. The Golden Pavilion, itself, was burned down in 1950 by a novice monk, but was rebuilt in 1955 as a close replica of the original.
SOURCE: Kinkaku: The Golden Pavilion (Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Honshu, Japan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 25 April 2019.
SOURCE: Environs of Kinkaku: The Golden Pavilion (Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Honshu, Japan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 25 April 2019.
SOURCE: Kinkaku: The Golden Pavilion on the Water – 1 (Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Honshu, Japan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 25 April 2019.
SOURCE: Kinkaku: The Golden Pavilion on the Water – 2 (Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Honshu, Japan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 25 April 2019.
SOURCE: Tree at Kinkaku-ji (Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Honshu, Japan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 25 April 2019.
SOURCE: Map of Kinkaku-ji (Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Honshu, Japan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 25 April 2019.
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