Grant Duncan - Voices of a Thousand Years

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Track by Grant Duncan written about the Ginkakuji in Eastern Kyoto.
Footage from Kyoto visit in February 2007. Track recorded in Tokyo with David Jackson on backing vocals and mandolin.

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[pavementcandy2009]

In addition to the temple's famous building, the property features wooded grounds covered with a variety of mosses (ie: the mellowy moist in the Voices of a thousand years). The Japanese garden, was supposedly designed by the great landscape artist Sōami. The sand garden of Ginkaku-ji has become particularly well known; and the carefully formed pile of sand which said to symbolize Mount Fuji is an essential element in the garden.

[crabalockerify]

Ginkaku-ji, like Kinkaku-ji, is regarded as a branch temple of Shôkoku-ji. Its official name is Tôzan (Eastern Mountains) Jishô-ji. The gentle hills that range along the eastern edge of Kyoto are called Higashiyama ("eastern mountains") and from ancient times have been regarded as possessing a feminine gentleness. The frequent subject of poetry, these mountains are a much appreciated part of the landscape of Kyoto.

[fatstrings2]

pounding bassline throughout, very mystic approach

[rubixqube1]

Off to Japan on Tuesday G, is it like this everywhere???

[hhsstudio]

Ginkakuji, the Silver Pavilion, is a Zen temple at the foot of Kyoto's Higashiyama ("eastern mountains"). The temple is formally known as Tozan Jishoji. In 1482, shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa built his retirement villa on the grounds of today's temple. A few years later, the Silver Pavilion, modeled after Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion), was constructed. Plans to cover the pavilion in silver were never realized.

The villa was converted into a Zen temple after Yoshimasa's death in 1490.

[frankspenceruk]

lovely little travelogue. i visited kyoto in 1987, i imagine it is much the same as when i went there.

[inverness141]

Despite its name, don't expect glistening silver when you visit the Silver Pavilion Temple (Ginkakuji or Ginkaku-ji) in Kyoto. The founder intended to cover the main structure in silver, to match Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion Temple), and named it accordingly. However, the plan was never carried out. Thus, in a rather ironic twist, the building intended to be a monument to ostentation wound up as a fine example of Japanese refinement and restraint.

[smgmiester]

Must visit Japan someday, it looks very placid and calm. My image of the place is very different from this clip. Thanx for posting.

[langulynaly]

this is like a promo video for the Japan tourist industry!