Object Details
Culture
Japan
Date
Dedicated in the year 1752
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
8 11/16 × 4 1/2 inches (22 × 11.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Drs. Lee and Connie Koppelman
Object
Number
2001.049.019
Densho bells were used during prayers and to call Buddhists to worship. Made to be suspended by a lo(…)
Densho bells were used during prayers and to call Buddhists to worship. Made to be suspended by a loop in the form of a pair of dragon heads, this bell has a stylized lotus on top, running rabbits along the base and strike plates in the form of chrysanthemums.The poem on the bell reads:From the summit of Mt. KaguThe sound of the bell floods to the fieldsWhen we hear it at eveningIt astonishes the dream of life and death
