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In 1224 ex-Chancellor Fujiwara Kintsune (西園寺公経) built the sprawling mansion-temple of Saion-ji (西園寺-his family...

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79 days ago

In 1224 ex-Chancellor Fujiwara Kintsune (西園寺公経) built the sprawling mansion-temple of Saion-ji (西園寺-his family...

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KyotoDailyPhoto 79 days ago

..moved in 1352 & Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1397) purchased the land to build Rokuon-ji (鹿苑寺/aka Kinkaku-ji 金閣寺). #京都

KyotoDailyPhoto 79 days ago

...would take the temple's name). Tied to the decline of the Kamakura Shogunate, a much-reduced Saion-ji was...