That’s right, the Temple of the Silver Pavilion, although Death stepped in and prevented him (Yoshimasa) from finishing the job and having it clad in silver-leaf, as his grandfather Yoshimitsu did with Kinkaku-ji (the so-called Gold Pavilion). Kin means gold, gin means silver, by the way. Kinkaku-ji’s official name is Rokuon-ji and Ginkaku-ji is Jisho-ji.
Starting a day’s tour with Ginkaku-ji is a good idea because just outside the front gate is the northern end of the Tetsugaku-no-michi, the Path of Philosophy, a canal-side path that will lead you down closer to Nanzen-ji and the other sights of Higashiyama.
Is that the “Silver Temple”
That’s right, the Temple of the Silver Pavilion, although Death stepped in and prevented him (Yoshimasa) from finishing the job and having it clad in silver-leaf, as his grandfather Yoshimitsu did with Kinkaku-ji (the so-called Gold Pavilion). Kin means gold, gin means silver, by the way. Kinkaku-ji’s official name is Rokuon-ji and Ginkaku-ji is Jisho-ji.
Starting a day’s tour with Ginkaku-ji is a good idea because just outside the front gate is the northern end of the Tetsugaku-no-michi, the Path of Philosophy, a canal-side path that will lead you down closer to Nanzen-ji and the other sights of Higashiyama.
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