Kinkakuji Temple

Japanese: 金閣寺 - きんかくじ

[1] A common name for Rokuon-ji Temple in Kinkakuji-cho, Kita-ku, Kyoto City. Of the 13 buildings, this temple is named after the three-story Shariden ( relic hall) with gold leaf applied to a lacquered surface. In 1397 , Ashikaga Yoshimitsu received a mountain villa from the Saionji family, which his son Yoshimochi turned into a temple. Kinkaku was burned down in 1950 , but was rebuilt in 1955. [2] A common name for the fourth act of the Joruri play " Gion Sairei Shinkoki ." [3] A full-length novel written by Mishima Yukio. Published in 1956. The protagonist Mizoguchi, who lives his life believing that the beauty of Kinkaku-ji is absolute, dreams that the beauty of Kinkaku will become absolute when it burns during the war, and sets it on fire himself after the war. This work is based on the actual Kinkakuji arson incident that occurred in 1950.

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Japanese:

[一] 京都市北区金閣寺町にある鹿苑(ろくおん)寺の通称。一三殿舎のうち、漆地に金箔を押した三層宝形造りの舎利殿、金閣によりこの名がある。応永四年（一三九七）足利義満が西園寺家から譲り受けた山荘を、子の義持が寺にしたもの。金閣は、昭和二五年（一九五〇）放火により焼失したが、同三〇年再建。金閣。[二] 浄瑠璃「祇園祭礼信仰記(ぎおんさいれいしんこうき)」四段目切の通称。[三] 長編小説。三島由紀夫作。昭和三一年（一九五六）発表。金閣寺の美を絶対化して生きる主人公溝口は、戦火の中、金閣は炎上によってその美は絶対的なものになると夢想し、戦後自ら火を放つ。昭和二五年に実際に起こった金閣寺放火事件に取材した作。

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