Ginkaku-ji, Ginkaku-ji

Ginkaku-ji (慈照寺 - Temple of the Silver Pavilion; official name: Jishō-ji - 慈照寺, Temple of Shining Mercy), Buddhist temple built in 1474 by the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa (足利義政, 8th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate), in the Sakyo ward of Kyoto, Japan