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A stone lantern in the Todaiji complex.
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A stone lantern in the Todaiji complex.

Kinkaku - the Golden Pavilion - is the name given to Rokuon-ji Temple on Kyoko-chi pond in Kyoto. Built as a villa for the retirement of the 3rd Shogun of Ashikaga in 1394, it was made into a Zen-temple according to the Shogun's will. The second and third floors are covered with gold leaf on Japanese lacquer; on the roof is a golden phenix.
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Kinkaku - the Golden Pavilion - is the name given to Rokuon-ji Temple on Kyoko-c...

Kobori Enshu designed and built Villa Katsura and its gardens for prince Toshito in 1590. The villa is a triumph of simplicity and precision, a "mirror image of the esoteric Japanese mind".
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Kobori Enshu designed and built Villa Katsura and its gardens for prince Toshito...

Kobori Enshu designed and built Villa Katsura and its gardens for prince Toshito in 1590. The villa is a triumph of simplicity and precision, a "mirror image of the esoteric Japanese mind". A small lake in the garden.
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Kobori Enshu designed and built Villa Katsura and its gardens for prince Toshito...

Kobori Enshu designed and built Villa Katsura and its gardens for prince Toshito in 1590. The villa is a triumph of simplicity and precision, a "mirror image of the esoteric Japanese mind". Autumn trees in the gardens.
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Kobori Enshu designed and built Villa Katsura and its gardens for prince Toshito...

Kinkaku - the Golden Pavilion - is the name given to Rokuon-ji Temple on Kyoko-chi pond in Kyoto. Built as a villa for the retirement of the 3rd Shogun of Ashikaga in 1394, it was made into a Zen-temple according to the Shogun's will. The second and third floors are covered with gold leaf on Japanese lacquer; on the roof is a golden phenix. A very large and old tree in the gardens of Kinkaku Temple.
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Kinkaku - the Golden Pavilion - is the name given to Rokuon-ji Temple on Kyoko-c...

Kinkaku - the Golden Pavilion - is the name given to Rokuon-ji Temple on Kyoko-chi pond in Kyoto. Built as a villa for the retirement of the 3rd Shogun of Ashikaga in 1394, it was made into a Zen-temple according to the Shogun's will. The second and third floors are covered with gold leaf on Japanese lacquer; on the roof is a golden phenix.
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Kinkaku - the Golden Pavilion - is the name given to Rokuon-ji Temple on Kyoko-c...

Kinkaku - the Golden Pavilion - is the name given to Rokuon-ji Temple on Kyoko-chi pond in Kyoto. Built as a villa for the retirement of the 3rd Shogun of Ashikaga in 1394, it was made into a Zen-temple according to the Shogun's will. The second and third floors are covered with gold leaf on Japanese lacquer; on the roof is a golden phenix. The gardens of the Golden Pavilion.
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Kinkaku - the Golden Pavilion - is the name given to Rokuon-ji Temple on Kyoko-c...

Kinkaku - the Golden Pavilion - is the name given to Rokuon-ji Temple on Kyoko-chi pond in Kyoto. Built as a villa for the retirement of the 3rd Shogun of Ashikaga in 1394, it was made into a Zen-temple according to the Shogun's will. The second and third floors are covered with gold leaf on Japanese lacquer; on the roof is a golden phenix. The gardens of the Golden Pavilion.
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Kinkaku - the Golden Pavilion - is the name given to Rokuon-ji Temple on Kyoko-c...

Kinkaku - the Golden Pavilion - is the name given to Rokuon-ji Temple on Kyoko-chi pond in Kyoto. Built as a villa for the retirement of the 3rd Shogun of Ashikaga in 1394, it was made into a Zen-temple according to the Shogun's will. The second and third floors are covered with gold leaf on Japanese lacquer; on the roof is a golden phenix. The gardens of the Golden Pavilion.
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Kinkaku - the Golden Pavilion - is the name given to Rokuon-ji Temple on Kyoko-c...