Ginkaku-ji

Ginkaku-ji, the 'Temple of the Silver Pavilion,' is a Buddhist temple in the Higashiyama District. It was built in 1474 by the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa, who sought to emulate the golden Kinkaku-ji commissioned by his grandfather Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. The intention was to cover it in silver, but due to the increasing severity of the Onin War, construction was halted, and the silver covering never placed on the pavilion.