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.

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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

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Zen gardens notableExample Ginkaku-ji sand garden
karesansui notableExample Ginkaku-ji sand garden
this entity surface form: Ginkaku-ji gardens
Ginkaku-ji sand garden hasJapaneseName Ginkaku-ji sand garden self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 銀閣寺の砂庭