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）。