Fusatsu is Buddhist term that means expounding the precepts. It was also the name of a Buddhist assembly where monks gathered twice a month to expound the precepts and where priests who had broken their vows to observe the precepts would repent their transgressions. This type of ewer would have been used by monks before such an assembly to wash their hands in order to purify their bodies and souls. It is characterized by the swelling of the lower portion.
Object label
Pitcher of Fusatsu type
Bronze
H 27.5, D of body 15.5, D of rim 7.5, D of base 10.8
Kamakura period 14th century
- D030568
- D030566
- 2002/03/28
- D030568
- 2002/03/28
- A027147
- 2002/03/28
- A027149
- 2002/03/28
- A024601
- 1994/08/09
- A024602
- 1994/08/09
- A024603
- 1994/08/09
- A024604
- 1994/08/09
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| Accession Number | 1166-0 |
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| Category | Decorative Arts |
| Bibliography | Illustrated Catalogue of the Collection of Nara National Museum: Supplement. Nara National Museum, 1999, 108p. (Japanese) |