The Kinkaku of Rokuon-ji Temple had formerly been designated a national treasure since before the World War II but in 1950 the pavilion was burned down (The Kinkaku-ji Temple Arson Incident) in an act of arson committed by a monk named Shoken HAYASHI (aged 21 at the time). |
鹿苑寺金閣は第二次大戦前から(旧)国宝に指定されていたが、1950年(昭和25年)、学僧・林承賢(当時21歳)の放火により炎上(金閣寺放火事件)。 |