Place Institution Buddhist traditions
Kinkaku-ji Temple
鹿苑寺 zh
Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan
- Dated from 1397 CE
- Also called Rokuon-ji, Kinkaku-ji
Overview
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Associated figures
- Ashikaga Yoshimitsu ↗Named as founder
The third shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate of Japan (1358–1408)
- Musō Soseki ↗Named as founder
Japanese Zen-Buddhist teacher and landscape architect (1275-1351)
Places nearby
- under 1 km away
Hirano Shrine
Shinto shrine in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan - under 1 km away
Tōji-in Temple
Buddhist temple in Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan - 1.1 km away
Ryōan-ji Temple
temple in Kyoto, Japan - 1.3 km away
Kitano Tenmangū
Shinto shrine in Kyoto, Japan - 1.3 km away
Kenkun Shrine
Shinto shrine in Kyoto, Japan - 1.3 km away
Daihōon-ji Temple
Buddhist temple of the Shingon-shū Chisan-ha sect dedicated to Shakyamuni Tathāgata in Kamigyō-ku, Japan - 1.4 km away
Kōtō-in
Buddhist sub-temple in Kyoto, Japan - 1.4 km away
Imamiya Shrine
Shinto shrine in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Recorded events
What Kinkaku-ji Temple’s own record names in its history, in the order of the dates on the statements.
- 1950 CE Conflagration ↗
- 1955 CE Architectural reconstruction ↗
- 2000 CE Renovation ↗
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