The Temple of The Golden Pavilion is a novel based on true events. In it is the Golden Pavilion. In The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, celebrated Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima creates a haunting and vivid portrait of a young man’s obsession with idealized beauty and his destructive quest to possess it fully. The Temple of the Golden Pavilion – excerpt. When his father dies, he’s sent to the Temple of the Golden Pavilion in Kyoto. The Temple of the Golden Pavilion is a fictionalized account of the actual burning of the Golden Temple, but it may as well serve as an extended meditation on the catechetic Zen problem called "Nansen Kills a Kitten," with the kitten (on the novelists' interpretation) serving as fleeting, beauty that is pursued to its utter annihilation. It is also called “Rokuon-ji”. When his father dies, he’s sent to the Temple of the Golden Pavilion in Kyoto. The one thing in Kyoto I just had to see was the Golden Pavilion. The story takes place during the end of the Pacific War and the aftermath period and it focuses on Mizoguchi, who is the son of a Buddhist Priest. The Temple of the Golden Pavilion Group Project by Elaine Hang & Santiago Princ.. Introduction. The Golden Pavilion The Golden Pavilion. A fictionalized account in four chapters of the life of celebrated Japanese writer Yukio Mishima. Directed by Paul Schrader. After Yoshimitsu’s death, according to his will, the villa and the garden complex were made into a zen temple. Kyoto city bus is the easiest way to get there, except a car. It is a three-storied villa building originally built for the Ashikaga Shogun Yoshimitsu in 1397 in the huge garden complex. For a three-hour-long production, “The Temple of the Golden Pavilion” sure does use a lot of shorthand. While an acolyte at the temple, he fixates on the struct "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion," an adaptation of Yukio Mishima's 1956 novel playing this weekend at the Lincoln Center Festival, begins in what looks like a classroom. Mizoguchi is physically unattractive and becomes, in some way, jealous of the beautiful Temple that he loves so much. One of the four chapters featured snippets of his 1956 book, The Temple of the Golden Pavilion. So I’ve visited the Golden temple during the rainy season. I visited the Golden Pavilion for the first time in 10 years. With Ken Ogata, Masayuki Shionoya, Hiroshi Mikami, Junya Fukuda. Three parts of the temple were strikingly white – the roofs of the Kukyocho and the Choondo and the little roof of the Sosei. One of my favorite movies is Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters by Paul Schrader, about the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima. The story takes place during the end of the Pacific War and the aftermath period and it focuses on Mizoguchi, who is the son of a Buddhist Priest. Mizoguchi, an ostracized stutterer, develops a childhood fascination with Kyoto’s famous Golden Temple. I will tell you about it later, but before then, I will show you some photos of Golden temple. August 11, 2015 August 20, 2015 / Kimberly. The play, a sprawling tale of madness from … Mizoguchi is a Zen acolyte, son of a Buddhist priest, apprenticed at the Golden Pavilion. This classic story by Japanese master-novelist Yukio Mishima is now available here in digital format.Mizoguchi has been mentally troubled since he witnessed his mother's infidelity in the presence of his dying father. Mizoguchi is physically unattractive and becomes, in some way, jealous of the beautiful Temple that he loves so much.