Ginkaku-ji Temple

■ Ginkaku (Kannon-den Hall) It is a national treasure building built in the Muromachi period at Jisho-ji Temple (Ginkaku-ji Temple). Kannon-dono (a hall of Kannon) built by Yoshimasa Ashikaga in mimicking the Ruri-dono of Saiho-ji Temple. A statue of Kanzeon Bodhisattva is enshrined in the upper Shioonkaku, and a statue of Sentai Jizo is enshrined in the lower Shinkuden. Since the design of the upper Zen Buddhist temple style and the lower house style were linked together at the Kinkaku in Kitayama, the Kinkaku came to be called Ginkaku in the Edo period. Always closed ■ Togudo shrine It is a national treasure building built in the Muromachi period at Jisho-ji Temple (Ginkaku-ji Temple). It is a small hall with three squares. A relic of the Higashiyama-dono era built by Yoshimasa Ashikaga as a Jibutsu-do in 1486. It is said that the name of Togu-do was derived from the hogo, "I want to be born west in memory of the people of the east, Buddha." ■ Garden The garden of Jisho-ji Temple (Ginkaku-ji Temple) is a pond spring-style garden with beautiful Ginsha Nada and Kogetsudai, made of white sand in front of Hojo. Nishiki Kagami-ike Pond, which spreads east and west, stands at the National Treasure Ginkaku (Kannon-den Hall) to the west, and the National Treasure Togu-do Hall stands in the Tohoku region. ■ Tsubaki-gaki Ginkaku-jigaki in Jisho-ji Temple (Ginkaku-ji Temple). The camellia is a long-lived tree, and since it has excellent moe buds, it is prized as a hedge tree, but the creation of Ginkakuji's own bamboo fence from the front gate is also attracting attention from the world of landscaping It is a masterpiece. ■ Soseki Muso Zazen Stone According to the will of Yoshimasa Ashikaga, who died in 1490 (Entoku 2), Higashiyama Sanso was made as a temple, Yumedo no Kokushi was designated as a recommendation and opening mountain, and Jisho-ji was named after Yoshimasa's hogo, "Jisho-inden." Zazen stone floats in front of Hakutsuru Island in Nishikikyo-ike Pond. He was the Shokoku-ji school of the Rinzai sect.