The Temple of the Golden Pavilion

The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
Cover of the first edition
AuthorYukio Mishima
Original titleKinkakuji (金閣寺)
TranslatorIvan Morris
LanguageJapanese
English
PublisherShinchosha
Publication date
1956
Publication placeJapan
Published in English
1959
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages247 pp (Hardback edition)
ISBN1-85715-169-0 (Hardback edition)
OCLC59908578

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.

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.


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