Ginkaku-ji sand garden
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The Ginkaku-ji sand garden is a famous Japanese Zen dry landscape garden in Kyoto, renowned for its meticulously raked white sand and iconic conical sand mound symbolizing Mount Fuji or a sacred mountain.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ginkaku-ji gardens | 1 |
| Ginkaku-ji sand garden canonical | 1 |
| 銀閣寺の砂庭 | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese garden
ⓘ
Zen garden ⓘ dry landscape garden ⓘ karesansui garden ⓘ |
| associatedPeriod | late 15th century ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ashikaga Yoshimasa
ⓘ
Ginkaku-ji ⓘ
surface form:
Ginkaku-ji Silver Pavilion
|
| category |
Gardens in Kyoto
ⓘ
Japanese dry landscape gardens ⓘ Zen gardens in Japan ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Japanese aesthetics
ⓘ
wabi-sabi aesthetics ⓘ |
| designedFor |
contemplation
ⓘ
meditation ⓘ |
| famousFor |
iconic conical sand mound
ⓘ
meticulous raking of white sand ⓘ minimalist aesthetic ⓘ |
| hasColor | white ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
conical sand mound
ⓘ
flat sand plane ⓘ geometric raking patterns ⓘ meticulously raked sand patterns ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
aesthetic focal point of temple grounds
ⓘ
aid to Zen practice ⓘ |
| hasJapaneseName |
銀沙灘と向月台
ⓘ
Ginkaku-ji sand garden self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
銀閣寺の砂庭
|
| hasMaterial | white sand ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Ginkaku-ji) ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ginkaku-ji
ⓘ
Japan ⓘ Kyoto ⓘ Kyoto Prefecture ⓘ |
| maintenance | regular manual raking ⓘ |
| partOf |
Ginkaku-ji
ⓘ
surface form:
Ginkaku-ji temple complex
Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto ⓘ
surface form:
UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto
|
| religiousTradition |
Rinzai
ⓘ
surface form:
Rinzai Zen
Zen ⓘ
surface form:
Zen Buddhism
|
| style | Muromachi period garden style ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Mount Fuji
ⓘ
sacred mountain ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | true ⓘ |
| usesPrinciple |
abstraction of natural landscapes
ⓘ
symbolic representation of mountains and water ⓘ |
| viewedFrom | Ginkaku-ji main hall veranda ⓘ |
| visualContrastWith | surrounding greenery ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ginkaku-ji gardens
this entity surface form:
銀閣寺の砂庭