Tōrei (Bell with stūpa shaped handle)

Bronze, gilted
H 19.6, D of rim 7.5
Kamakura period　13th century

Tōrei (Bell with stūpa shaped handle)
  • D000832
Tōrei (Bell with stūpa shaped handle)_0
  • D000832
  • 1990/02/14
Tōrei (Bell with stūpa shaped handle)_1
  • D004172
  • 1984
Tōrei (Bell with stūpa shaped handle)_2
  • A023686
  • 1990/02/14
Tōrei (Bell with stūpa shaped handle)_3
  • A023687
  • 1984
Tōrei (Bell with stūpa shaped handle)_4
  • A023693
  • 1984
Tōrei (Bell with stūpa shaped handle)_5
  • A023694
  • 1984
Tōrei (Bell with stūpa shaped handle)_6
  • A023695
  • 1984
Tōrei (Bell with stūpa shaped handle)_7
  • A023688
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Tōrei (Bell with stūpa shaped handle)_8
  • A023689
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Tōrei (Bell with stūpa shaped handle)_9
  • A023690
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Tōrei (Bell with stūpa shaped handle)_10
  • A023691
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Tōrei (Bell with stūpa shaped handle)_11
  • A023692
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This pagoda-shaped ritual bell, known as a tōrei, is one of a set of five ritual bells that also include a tokkorei (single-vajra bell), sankorei (three-vajra bell), gokorei (five-vajra bell), and hōjurei (wish-fulfilling-jewel bell). It is placed at the center of a large altar and represent the Buddha Dainichi (Sk. Mahāvairocana). This pagoda-shaped bell takes the form of a five-stage pagoda. The shape of the bell is characteristic of the Kamakura-era variety. 
Object label 

Accession Number 717-0
Category Decorative Arts
Bibliography Illustrated Catalogue of the Collection of Nara National Museum: Buddhist Implements. Nara National Museum, 1992, 121p. (Japanese) Applied art of Japanese esoteric Buddhism. Nara National Museum, 1992, 286p. (Japanese) Arts of Buddha Sakyamuni. Nara National Museum, 1984, 408p. (Japanese)

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