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autumn deepens-
camphor wood ceiling eight mats wide
at Kinkaku-ji
秋ふるや楠八畳の金閣寺
-Yosa no Buson (与謝蕪村 1716-84).
The original ceiling was lost to fire in 1950, and replacing the single span of camphor wood proved impossible.
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3) THE CAMPHOR CEILING🌳
The 3rd floor of Kinkaku-ji was famed for its ceiling, made from a single, huge piece of camphor wood.
A wonder of the age, the 'Ichimai Tenjō' (一枚天井/楠の一枚板) was crafted from an immense tree shipped from Shimotoba, south east of the city.
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✨THE 7 WONDERS OF ROKUON-JI🪙
Like many temples and shrines in Kyōto, Rokuon-ji (鹿苑寺) has a list of 'wonders'...
1) Gold😎
Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺) is covered in 200,000 sheets of gold leaf (weighing 20kg in total)!
Each gold leaf is 10cm by 10cm.
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Kinukake-no-michi ends (or begins) at the 'Golden Pavilion' (金閣寺).
Kinkaku-ji, reliquary hall of Rokuon-ji (鹿苑寺), was the last remaining piece of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's sprawling 'Kitayama Palace' (北山殿). The original was burnt down in 1950.
１１月の金閣寺
Kinkakuji in November
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'Hakuja-no-Tsuka' (白蛇の塚 'White Snake Mound') on 'Anmintaku' (安民沢 'Tranquility Pond') is thought to be where Saionji Kintsune (西園寺公経 1171-1244), after completing the first palace here, enshrined Benzaiten (her familiar is a white snake) so she might protect his wife whenever he was away from home.
Even in times of drought the pond never dried up, and so people began to pray to the small shrine here for rain during dry periods.
The pavilion's newly installed fire alarm was not working at the time😩
After failing to kill himself, Hayashi Yōken (林養賢) was caught and imprisoned. The incident became inspiration for Mishima Yukio's (三島由紀夫 1925-70) book 'The Temple of the Golden Pavilion'.
🪙THE GOLDEN PAVILION🔥
True beauty is something that attacks, overpowers, robs, & finally destroys.
-Mishima Yukio (三島由紀夫).
In 1950, almost bald of gold & having survived the Ōnin War, Kinkaku-ji was burnt to the ground by Hayashi Yōken, one of its own novice monks.
From my journal: "For an embarrassing amount of time, I thought the ornament on top of Kinkakuji was a chicken, and I'd wonder why someone decided to put a chicken up there when it was built. But I learned that it's actually a phoenix, which makes a lot more sense considering they represent the imperial family. Ironically, in the 1950s Kinkakuji was burnt down by a schizophrenic monk and then rebuilt from the ashes. Just like a phoenix. Minus the schizophrenic monk."
雪化粧の金閣寺…平年より28日遅く京都で「初雪」観測 冬型の気圧配置が強まった影響（2024年1月8日）
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fdzo-fIem4
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🌞🎎DRAPED IN SILK🏖️🏔️
Just beside our Camellia Garden Teahouse runs Kinukake-no-michi (きぬかけの路 the 'Silk-draped Path'), a 2km stretch of road that joins the UNESCO World Heritage sites of Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺 The Golden Pavilion), Ryōan-ji (龍安寺) and Ninnai-ji (仁和寺).
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#NowWatching: 1976 "Temple Of The Golden Pavillion". A hateful young buddhist, obssessed with the beauty of the Golden Pavillion that led to an arson.
Based in #MishimaYukio's book, I really enjoy that movie adaptation.
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