Kinkaku-ji Temple
Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan
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Summary
Kinkaku-ji Temple is a Japanese garden[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of japanese garden entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,424 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Religion or worldview: Shōkoku-ji school[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Kita-ku[4]
- Country: Japan[5]
- Instance of: Buddhist temple[6]
- Founder: Ashikaga Yoshimitsu[7], Musō Soseki[8]
- Made from material: wood[9], kinpaku[10], Jōbōji urushi[11], gold leaf[12]
- Location: Kinugasa[13]
- Part of: Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto[14], Shinbutsu Reijō Junpai no Michi[15]
- Commons category: Kinkaku-ji[16]
- Chairperson: Raitei Arima[17]
- Has part(s): Golden Pavilion[18]
- Inception: 1397[19]
- Located on street: Kinukake-no-michi[20]
- Parent organization or unit: Shōkoku-ji Temple[21]
- Significant event: conflagration[22], architectural reconstruction[23], renovation[24]
- Dedicated to: Guan Yin[25], Āryāvalokiteśvara[26]
- Official website: https://www.shokoku-ji.jp/kinkakuji/[27]
- Topic's main category: Category:Kinkaku-ji[28]
- Heritage designation: part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[29], Special Historic Site[30], Special Place of Scenic Beauty[31]
- Present in work: The Temple of the Golden Pavilion[32]
- Official name: 鹿苑寺[33], 北山鹿苑禪寺[34], 北山[35]
- Nickname: 北山殿[36], 北山第[37]
- Commons Institution page: Kinkaku-ji[38]
- Native label: 金閣寺[39]
- Different from: Jinge Temple[40]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Kinkaku-ji Temple include The Temple of the Golden Pavilion[41], a literary work[42], in Japan[43], founded in 1956[44], written by Yukio Mishima[45] and 18553 Kinkakuji[46], an asteroid[47].
Why It Matters
Kinkaku-ji Temple has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]
Entities named for it include The Temple of the Golden Pavilion[41], a literary work[42], in Japan[43], founded in 1956[44], written by Yukio Mishima[45] and 18553 Kinkakuji[46], an asteroid[47].