Ginkakuji Temple <-(229K)	In contrast to the Kinkakuji(Golden Pavilion) founded by the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, the villa erected at the order of the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa is referred to as Ginkakuji (Silver Pavilion - Jishoji). The temple is the epitome of the Higashiyama Culture in the Muromachi Period (1450-1598). It is said that it originally had twelve buildings but there remain only three: the Kannon Hall (Silver Pavilion), Hondo (main hall) and Togudo.
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