Todaiji Temple Shosoin: Chime
Gilt bronze
金銅鎮鐸
日本
日本八世紀之作。鐸又稱寶鐸、風鐸、檐鐸，為鈴的一種，垂掛於寺院堂塔之相輪或檐端之大鈴。懸鐸之風，始於印度，中國約起於北魏（386～534），古來多以青銅製成，呈鐘形。鎮鐸懸掛於幡之下端，作裝飾兼鎮石兩用。
銅質鎏金，鐸頂微隆，中央有懸掛鈕，環扣長方柄。鐸身長，下緣若半弧形收尾。鐸身表面以凸弦紋分隔成上下二段，上段鐫刻銘文「東大寺枚幡鎮鐸／天平勝寶九歲（757）五月二日」，故被認為係日本聖武天皇（724～749在位）崩逝一週年法會時懸於大幡末端之法具。鐸身下方懸垂二片如意雲紋鐸舌，邊緣飾細聯珠紋。微風搖擊，振舌發聲，清澈響亮。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 343.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Todaiji Temple Shosoin: Chime." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 343.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Todaiji Temple Shosoin: Chime" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:343.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Todaiji Temple Shosoin: Chime. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 343).
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