Metals and metal-working in old Japan . hese or to any instrumentor object connected with the ceremonies or observances ofBuddhism, and are in fact of earlier date than the introductionof that religion into the country. Moreover, none show anysigns of having been hung. A considerable number have beenfound—always buried in the ground—chiefly in Yamato,Kawachi, Totomi, and the neighbouring provinces. As earlyas 669 the discovery of one is recorded, and was thenregarded as being of such a great antiquity that it waspresented to the Emperor. The designs with which they are ornamented—the simp
Metals and metal-working in old Japan . hese or to any instrumentor object connected with the ceremonies or observances ofBuddhism, and are in fact of earlier date than the introductionof that religion into the country. Moreover, none show anysigns of having been hung. A considerable number have beenfound—always buried in the ground—chiefly in Yamato,Kawachi, Totomi, and the neighbouring provinces. As earlyas 669 the discovery of one is recorded, and was thenregarded as being of such a great antiquity that it waspresented to the Emperor. The designs with which they are ornamented—the simplegeometric line patterns common to many primitive races—are also evidences of their great age. They vary in dimen-sions from I or 2 inches to 5I- feet in height, thosemeasuring ift. 6in. to 3ft. oin. being most common, and allare of extreme thinness compared with their size. Their exactuse and age are still a subject of dispute among archaeologists. * Dotaku, Large Metal Bell, cf. Munro, Prehistoric Japan,p. 319, s^g.—[Ed.].. BRONZE LANTERN (Todaiji Temple, Nara). Japan Society: Transactions. Vol. XIII.— METALS AND METAL WORKING IN OLP jJiFAN.—Gowland. [Plate XIX.]—/ace/>. 66. v*..3i
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