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Todaiji Temple: Bell

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東大寺銅鐘

日本奈良

位於日本奈良市雜司町東大寺鐘樓。奈良天平勝寶四年(752)銅鑄鐘,通高386.5公分,口徑270.8公分,口沿厚23.7公分。該鐘以東大寺大佛的巨鐘而聞名,堪稱桃山(1573~1615)、江戶(1615~1868)時代之前最大的梵鐘。一九五一年指定為日本國寶。
 據《南都七大寺巡禮記》載,鐘鑄造於奈良東大寺大佛開光典禮之際,吊鐘銅鑄金帶書有刻銘「延應元年(1239)己亥九月卅日鑄之大勸進法印行勇/大鑄師左兵衛志延時/小工廿人」。平成三年(1991)東大寺金堂西側,發現鑄模的洞孔和熔解爐跡,應是當年鑄造梵鐘之處。
 此鐘鈕龍首雄大,高66公分。近鐘頂周緣鑄有直徑約4.5公分的六個圓孔,似圭璧凸起,推測係為穿環懸掛橫梁、平衡巨大梵鐘之用。鐘體重達26.3公噸,鐘身表面以橫、豎凸弦紋劃分出方格區塊,各區作四列九行乳釘紋,共計一四四枚。上下橫帶素面無飾,撞座為八片蓮瓣紋。鐘體高大,口徑寬闊,反映出奈良時代(710~794)的風格。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 337.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Todaiji Temple: Bell." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 337.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Todaiji Temple: Bell" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:337.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Todaiji Temple: Bell. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 337).
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