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Shokoku-jiShokoku-ji

Also known as: 相国寺

A head Rinzai temple founded in 1382 by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu as the second-ranked of the Kyoto Gozan. Both Kinkaku-ji (Rokuon-ji) and Ginkaku-ji (Jisho-ji) are its detached sub-temples.

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