The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
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This article is about the 1956 novel by Yukio Mishima. For other topics translated to this name in English, see Temple of the Golden Pavilion (disambiguation).
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (金閣寺, Kinkaku-ji) is a novel by the Japanese author Yukio Mishima. It was published in 1956 and translated into English by Ivan Morris in 1959.
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Author | Yukio Mishima |
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Original title | Kinkakuji (金閣寺) |
Translator | Ivan Morris |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese English |
Publisher | Shinchosha |
Publication date | 1956 |
Published in English | 1959 |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages | 247 pp (Hardback edition) |
ISBN | 1-85715-169-0 (Hardback edition) |
OCLC | 59908578 |
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The novel is loosely based on the burning of the Reliquary (or Golden Pavilion) of Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto by a young Buddhist acolyte in 1950. The pavilion, dating from before 1400, was a national monument that had been spared destruction many times throughout history, and the arson shocked Japan.