Ginkaku-ji

Ginkaku-ji (銀閣寺), also known as the Silver Pavilion, is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan. Because the temple's construction took place in the early 1480s, just after the Ōnin War,Echoes of History – Shadows – Episode 1: Civil War in Feudal Japan: The Sengoku Period the former shōgun Ashikaga YoshimasaEchoes of History – Shadows – Episode 7: Kyoto: Japan's Imperial City could not afford to adorn the building with the precious metal it is named after in the same manner the was. Regardless of the decorations, Yoshimasa moved into the pavilion, where he focused having a life of leisure and art with his friends, ignoring the fighting in Kyoto at the time.
==Appearances==
*Echoes of History – Shadows 
==References==
Category:Landmarks in Kyoto
Category:Temples