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Garden pathways along the grounds of Ginkakuji Temple (銀閣寺) in Kyoto

Image from the temple’s official website

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Ginkaku-ji 銀閣寺 by Patrick Vierthaler (using albums) https://flic.kr/p/2o1qAeN

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Ginkaku-ji (Jisho-ji), Kyoto, Japan

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Day 253: A second Farewell Card triptych, featuring some of my favorite places in Kyoto. Today’s piece features the Silver Pavilion, colloquially known as Ginkakuji.

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A pamphlet from Ginkakuji Temple (銀閣寺) in Kyoto, originally a retirement villa built according to the designs of the shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimasa (足利義政) (1436-1490) but converted into a Zen temple after his death according to his wishes, with the cover featuring the entrance to the temple along with a poem by Yoshimasa: 

わが庵は月待山のふもとにて　かたむく月の影をしぞ思う

My little hut stands At the foot of the mountain "Waiting for the Moon" And my thoughts go to the light Of the moon sinking in the sky

Acquired at the temple June 11, 1994

Translation by Donald Keene in “Yoshimasa and the Silver Pavilion: The Creation of the Soul of Japan” published by Columbia University Press, 2003, page 95

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Study room in Tōgudō Hall (東求堂) at Ginkakuji Temple (銀閣寺) a.k.a. Jishōji Temple (慈照寺) in east Kyoto, considered to be the prototype of Shoin (書院) architecture

From a postcard acquired at the temple June 11, 1994

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Introducing a friend to Ginkakuji Temple (銀閣寺) a.k.a. Jishōji Temple (慈照寺) in east Kyoto

(Photo taken June 11, 1995)

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Ofuda talisman for household safety and general good fortune from the Rinzai Zen temple Ginkakuji (銀閣寺) -- officially Jishōji Temple (慈照寺) -- in east Kyoto

(Acquired June 11, 1994)