Metals and metal-working in old Japan . Chinese Smiths Forging an Anchor. It represents the forgings of a ships anchor in the sixteenthcentury, taken from an old Chinese metallurgical treatisepublished in 1636 The heavy mass was suspended by chains, which were heldby eight men stationed in a gallery, who moved it about onthe anvil as required by the smiths. does not appear to have been known to theJapanese in prehistoric times; it is, however, recorded that inthe year 700 a regulation was made restricting to theGovernment the coinage of cast-iron coins, a date muc
Metals and metal-working in old Japan . Chinese Smiths Forging an Anchor. It represents the forgings of a ships anchor in the sixteenthcentury, taken from an old Chinese metallurgical treatisepublished in 1636 The heavy mass was suspended by chains, which were heldby eight men stationed in a gallery, who moved it about onthe anvil as required by the smiths. does not appear to have been known to theJapanese in prehistoric times; it is, however, recorded that inthe year 700 a regulation was made restricting to theGovernment the coinage of cast-iron coins, a date muchearlier than its use in Q V . O 1^ SOo i 53 ) The last issue of these iron coins was made some years ago ;and although they are not in circulation as legal currency,they are still extensively used for contributions to offertoriesand collections at religious services. I may add that twothousand can be bought for sixpence, so that donations maybe made by the most parsimonious. Two standard lanterns (toro) at Nikko are the only largeart objects of cast-iron known to me. They were presented tothe shrine in 1641 by Date Masamune, lord of Sendai. The metal has been chiefly employed by the art craftsmanin small castings, such as kettles and other vessels for heatingwater or w^ine, and many of these are masterpieces of modellingand decoration. They are cast by the method of cera pevdiita, aprocess which will be described with the casting ofbronze. When these castings are taken from the moulds inwhich they have been cast, although they may be perfect so faras the ornamental designs, which had been modell
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