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Dotaku（Bronze Bell）
UnknownYayoi Period
Tottori Prefectural Museum
Tottori, Japan
This is a Prefectural Preservation Cultural Property that was used as a tool in festivals during Yayoi Period. It was discovered by accident in 1960 in an orchard in southern Tottori-Heiya (plain).
The surface depicts "ryusuimon" - a pattern that expresses the flow of water. Bells found on the shore of Yoshino River (Tokushima Prefecture) and in Furukawa-cho, Kanonji City (Kagawa Prefecture), are known to be made from the same mold.
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Details
- Title: Dotaku（Bronze Bell）
- Creator: Unknown
- Date: Yayoi Period
- Physical Location: Japan
- Title(japanese): 銅鐸
- Tecniques and materials(japanese): 銅
- Physical Dimensions: h43.5 cm (broken off)
- Period(japanese): 弥生時代 中期
- Provenance: Tottori Prefectural Museum
- Type: Bronze
- External Link: Tottori Prefectural Museum
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