The son of a poor rural priest becomes an acolyte at the Temple of the Golden Pavilion. Mizoguchi had built up an image of ideal beauty in his mind based on this Golden Pavilion; this ideal image causes him to feel disappointed in any supposed form of beauty, even the actual physical Golden Pavilion. He comes under the influence of Kashiwagi, a fellow student with a very bitter view of life.
| japanese title: | Kinkakuji |
| notes: | Japanese title: Kinkakuji. Introduction by Nancy Wilson Ross. Drawings by Fumi Komatsu. |
| subjects: | Arson Buddhist temples Kyoto Psychological fiction Young men |
| genre: | Fiction |
| ISBN: | 9780679752707 |
| OCLC number: | 242040 |
| publisher: | Knopf, 1959, 1968, 1972; Tuttle, 1959, 1973, 1985, 1994; Berkley Pub. Corp., 1971; Perigree Books, 1980; Vintage, 1994; Everyman’s Library, 1994 |
| publication place: | New York; Rutland, VT; New York; New York; New York; New York |
| japanese publication date: | 1956 |
| english publication date: | 1959 |
| document type: | Book |
| description: | 262 p. illus. 22 cm. |
| related: | UNESCO collection of representative works: Japanese series |