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A large, heavy Japanese bronze temple bell or bonsho, with a handle of dragon heads called a ryuzu, protrusions called chi chi or nyu to improve resonance of sound, the tsuki-za striking panels, and the mei-bun inscription of the bell's history.
Bonshō (Japanese: 梵鐘, Buddhist bells), also known as tsurigane (釣り鐘, hanging bells) or ōgane (大鐘, great bells) are large bells found in Buddhist temples throughout Japan, used to summon the monks to prayer and to demarcate periods of time. Rather than containing a clapper, bonshō are struck from the outside, using either a handheld mallet or a beam suspended on ropes.
寶暦二年十二月 12th month of the 2nd year of Hōreki (or Hōryaku) (corresponds to January 1753) & in between “2” and “year” it looks in small characters read R to L: 壬申 Mizu-no-e Saru Year of the Water Monkey (Yang) 近江國高嶋郡南古賀村 Minami-Koga Village, Takashima District, Ōmi Province (corresponds to present-day Adogawa neighborhood of Takashima City, Shiga Prefecture) 梅長院常住物 Baichō-in jōjūmotsu “Property/furnishing of Baichō-in temple/monastery” There is a reference to an old temple of this name founded by Mokushi Soen (1673-1746), a Zen master 西方山辨覺寺 什物 Saihō-zan Benkaku-ji Jūmotsu (Somewhat unusual simplified forms of the temple name here, this is a temple located in the village mentioned above, constructed between 1489 and 1492, a Jōdo Shinshū temple affiliated with Nishi Hongan-ji, with a “mountain name” of Saihō-zan and temple name of Benkaku-ji 冶工 山城國京三条住 國松圧兵衛𥘿𫟯久 “Metallurgical worker: Kunimatsu Shōbei [...] Living in Sanjō, Kyō[to], Yamashiro Province”
Dimensions: 18" w x 29" h
Bonshō (Japanese: 梵鐘, Buddhist bells), also known as tsurigane (釣り鐘, hanging bells) or ōgane (大鐘, great bells) are large bells found in Buddhist temples throughout Japan, used to summon the monks to prayer and to demarcate periods of time. Rather than containing a clapper, bonshō are struck from the outside, using either a handheld mallet or a beam suspended on ropes.
寶暦二年十二月 12th month of the 2nd year of Hōreki (or Hōryaku) (corresponds to January 1753) & in between “2” and “year” it looks in small characters read R to L: 壬申 Mizu-no-e Saru Year of the Water Monkey (Yang) 近江國高嶋郡南古賀村 Minami-Koga Village, Takashima District, Ōmi Province (corresponds to present-day Adogawa neighborhood of Takashima City, Shiga Prefecture) 梅長院常住物 Baichō-in jōjūmotsu “Property/furnishing of Baichō-in temple/monastery” There is a reference to an old temple of this name founded by Mokushi Soen (1673-1746), a Zen master 西方山辨覺寺 什物 Saihō-zan Benkaku-ji Jūmotsu (Somewhat unusual simplified forms of the temple name here, this is a temple located in the village mentioned above, constructed between 1489 and 1492, a Jōdo Shinshū temple affiliated with Nishi Hongan-ji, with a “mountain name” of Saihō-zan and temple name of Benkaku-ji 冶工 山城國京三条住 國松圧兵衛𥘿𫟯久 “Metallurgical worker: Kunimatsu Shōbei [...] Living in Sanjō, Kyō[to], Yamashiro Province”
Dimensions: 18" w x 29" h
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