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Kyōto, Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺)
kinkaku (金閣) bezeichnet eigentlich nur den bekanntesten Pavillon des Tempels, dessen obere Stockwerke komplett mit Blattgold überzogen sind. Aufgrund der Bekanntheit des Pavillons wird jedoch heutzutage für die gesamte Anlage der Name Kinkaku-ji verwendet.
Die Gebäude auf dem Tempelgelände wurden im Jahr 1397 errichtet und dienten ursprünglich als Altersresidenz für den Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. Dessen Sohn wandelte sie in einen Zen-Tempel der Rinzai-Schule um.
Der Tempel wurde während der Onin-Kriege (1467-1477) mehrfach niedergebrannt, was der Pavillon überstand.
1950 fiel der Pavillon der Brandstiftung eines buddhistischen Mönchs zum Opfer. Dieses Ereignis wurde vom Schriftsteller Mishima Yukio 1956 in seinem Buch Kinkakuji festgehalten.
The Golden Pavilion (formally called 'Shariden') was originally built in 1397 to serve as a retirement villa for Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. It was his son who converted the building into a Zen temple of the Rinzai school. The temple was burned down several times during the Ōnin War. Yoshimitsu's grandson used Kinkaku-ji as the inspiration for Ginkaku-ji, a Buddhist temple, which he intended to cover in silver.
The entire pavilion except the basement floor is covered with pure gold leaf. The pavilion functions as a shariden, housing relics of the Buddha. On the roof of the pavilion is a golden fenghuang or "Chinese phoenix".
In 1950, the temple was burned down by a mentally disturbed monk; a fictionalized version of the events is at the center of Yukio Mishima's 1956 book The Temple of the Golden Pavilion. The present structure dates from 1955. Recently, the coating of Japanese lacquer was found a little decayed and a new coating as well as gilding with gold-leaf, much thicker than the original coatings was completed in 1987. Additionally, the interior of the building, including the paintings were also restored. Finally, the roof was restored in 2003.
Kyōto, Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺)
kinkaku (金閣) bezeichnet eigentlich nur den bekanntesten Pavillon des Tempels, dessen obere Stockwerke komplett mit Blattgold überzogen sind. Aufgrund der Bekanntheit des Pavillons wird jedoch heutzutage für die gesamte Anlage der Name Kinkaku-ji verwendet.
Die Gebäude auf dem Tempelgelände wurden im Jahr 1397 errichtet und dienten ursprünglich als Altersresidenz für den Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. Dessen Sohn wandelte sie in einen Zen-Tempel der Rinzai-Schule um.
Der Tempel wurde während der Onin-Kriege (1467-1477) mehrfach niedergebrannt, was der Pavillon überstand.
1950 fiel der Pavillon der Brandstiftung eines buddhistischen Mönchs zum Opfer. Dieses Ereignis wurde vom Schriftsteller Mishima Yukio 1956 in seinem Buch Kinkakuji festgehalten.
The Golden Pavilion (formally called 'Shariden') was originally built in 1397 to serve as a retirement villa for Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. It was his son who converted the building into a Zen temple of the Rinzai school. The temple was burned down several times during the Ōnin War. Yoshimitsu's grandson used Kinkaku-ji as the inspiration for Ginkaku-ji, a Buddhist temple, which he intended to cover in silver.
The entire pavilion except the basement floor is covered with pure gold leaf. The pavilion functions as a shariden, housing relics of the Buddha. On the roof of the pavilion is a golden fenghuang or "Chinese phoenix".
In 1950, the temple was burned down by a mentally disturbed monk; a fictionalized version of the events is at the center of Yukio Mishima's 1956 book The Temple of the Golden Pavilion. The present structure dates from 1955. Recently, the coating of Japanese lacquer was found a little decayed and a new coating as well as gilding with gold-leaf, much thicker than the original coatings was completed in 1987. Additionally, the interior of the building, including the paintings were also restored. Finally, the roof was restored in 2003.