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妙心寺銅鐘 舂米連廣國

日本京都右京

位於日本京都市右京區花園妙心寺町妙心寺鐘樓。白鳳文武天皇二年(698)銅鑄鐘,通高150.6公分,口徑86公分,重達1公噸。鐘內側鑄銘文「戊戌年四月十三日壬寅收糟屋評造舂米連廣國鑄鐘」,得知製於戊戌年,乃文武天皇二年,為日本梵鐘中最古紀年銘;鑄造地為糟屋評,即現今福岡縣糟屋郡;鑄造匠師為舂米連廣國。此鐘原屬嵯峨淨金剛院,室町時代(1392~1573)移至京都妙心寺。一九五一年指定為日本國寶。
 鐘聲音質悠揚,具有雅樂十二律之黃鐘音色,故又稱黃鐘律大鐘。鐘口略小,鐘身稍微修長,頂上龍形鐘鈕亦顯得瘦長。上下環帶鑄連續卷草紋,圓形撞座環飾十二片蓮瓣紋。撞座位置頗高,達鐘身高度之百分之四十一。
 該鐘與福岡觀世音寺的梵鐘,除下方單環紋樣稍微不同,其餘形制、尺寸和撞座幾乎雷同,被認為係七世紀同一工房所鑄,皆為纖細優美的梵鐘,工藝技術非凡。
 

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 205.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Myoshinji Temple: Bell." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 205.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Myoshinji Temple: Bell" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:205.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Myoshinji Temple: Bell. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 205).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youji and Pokorski, Stefanie and Mankuang and Fan, Wen,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts },
pages = 205,
title = {{Myoshinji Temple: Bell}},
volume = 18,
year = {2016}}


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