Fortunately, no one was hurt, but Shariden (Kinkaku), a national treasure, was completely burned down and six other cultural properties such as a wooden statue of Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA (national treasure at the time), the third Shogun of the Muromachi bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) and the founder of Kinkaku-ji Temple, a statue of Kannon Bosatsu (Bodhisattva of Merciful Godess), a statue of Amitabha Tathagatae and Buddhist canons were also lost in the fire.
幸い人的被害はなかったが、国宝の舎利殿（金閣）が全焼し、創建者である室町幕府3代将軍、足利義満の木像（当時国宝）、観音菩薩像、阿弥陀如来像、仏教経巻などの文化財6点も灰燼に帰した。