Snow at the Silver Pavilion
Artist: Kawase Hasui
Name: Snow at the Silver Pavilion
Date: 1951
Source: Robyn Buntin of Honolulu
Description: The Ginkaku temple was built as a retirement villa in the Higashiyama area in Kyoto in 1482 by shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa. It subsequently became a center of Kyoto’s elegant “Higashiyama culture”. Following Yoshimasa’s death in 1490 it was converted into a Zen temple dedicated to his memory. The Silver Pavilion was spared a devastating fire in the 16th century. Hotei, #560
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