Ginkaku-ji Temple: sand garden, with its flat-topped cone of sand suggesting Mount Fuji.

Object Details

General: In the evening the sand cone appears as a silver moon when viewed from above. Other names associated with the site include the Silver Pavilion and Jishō-ji (Temple of Shining Mercy).; The site was visited by the Garden Club of America tour on May 22, 1935.; Historic plate number: "13."

Place: Silver Pavilion (Kyoto, Japan); Japan -- Kyoto; Ginkaku-ji Temple (Kyoto, Japan); Japan -- Kyoto prefecture -- Kyoto

See more items in: The Garden Club of America collection; The Garden Club of America collection / Series 2: International Garden Images / Japan / JA007: Kyoto -- Ginkaku-ji Temple

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Collection Citation: Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

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