Kinkaku-ji
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Kinkaku-ji is a famous Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its top two floors covered entirely in gold leaf and its picturesque setting beside a reflective pond.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Temple of the Golden Pavilion | 1 |
| 金閣寺 | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist temple
ⓘ
Zen temple ⓘ cultural heritage site ⓘ historic building ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| arsonIncidentYear | 1950 ⓘ |
| arsonPerpetrator | young monk ⓘ |
| BuddhistSchool | Rinzai ⓘ |
| cityDistrict | Kita-ku, Kyoto ⓘ |
| convertedToTempleAfter | death of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu ⓘ |
| coordinates | 35.0394°N 135.7292°E ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalPropertyStatus |
Place of Scenic Beauty of Japan
ⓘ
Special Historic Site of Japan ⓘ |
| denomination |
Chan Buddhism
ⓘ
surface form:
Zen Buddhism
|
| destroyedBy | arson ⓘ |
| formalName | Rokuon-ji ⓘ |
| goldLeafCoverage | top two floors ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalStyle |
Chinese Zen hall style elements
ⓘ
Muromachi period ⓘ
surface form:
Muromachi period architecture
buke-zukuri elements ⓘ shinden-zukuri elements ⓘ |
| hasGardenType | kaiyū-shiki (strolling) garden ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Honshu
ⓘ
Kyoto ⓘ Kyoto Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy |
Shokoku-ji school of Rinzai Zen
ⓘ
surface form:
Rinzai sect, Shōkoku-ji school
|
| materialOfUpperFloors | wood covered with gold leaf ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Kinkaku-ji
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
金閣寺
|
| nativeNameLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| nearbyAttraction |
Ninna-ji
ⓘ
Ryoan-ji ⓘ
surface form:
Ryōan-ji
|
| numberOfStories | 3 ⓘ |
| originalCompletionYear | circa 1397 ⓘ |
| originalConstructionPeriod | late 14th century ⓘ |
| originalFunction | retirement villa ⓘ |
| originalOwner | Ashikaga Yoshimitsu ⓘ |
| overlooks |
Kyoyochi pond
ⓘ
surface form:
Kyōko-chi pond
|
| rebuiltYear | 1955 ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| roofOrnament | phoenix statue ⓘ |
| roofType | thatched with shingles ⓘ |
| settingFeature |
reflective pond
ⓘ
traditional Japanese strolling garden ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
Japanese cultural heritage
ⓘ
Kyoto ⓘ |
| tourismSignificance | one of the most visited sites in Kyoto ⓘ |
| translationOfName |
Kinkaku-ji
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Temple of the Golden Pavilion
|
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSite | Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteCountry | Japan ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 1994 ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
金閣寺
this entity surface form:
Temple of the Golden Pavilion