بونشو
Sign in to saveAlso known as bonsho, temple bell, tsurigane, ōgane
, also known as or are large bells found in Buddhist temples throughout Japan, used to summon the monks to prayer and to demarcate periods of time. Rather than containing a clapper, are struck from the outside, using either a handheld mallet or a beam suspended on ropes.
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- 200
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- A large, greenish-grey bell hangs from a beamed wooden ceiling
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- at Ryōan-ji – the lotus-shaped (striking panel) is visible at the front, and the suspended beam known as a hangs in the background
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- percussion
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- 111.242.121
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- Hanging bells without internal strikers
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- Yamato period (based on earlier Chinese bells)
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Wikidata facts
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- Hornbostel-Sachs classification
- 111.242.121
- Commons gallery
- Bells in Japanese Temple
- name in kana
- ぼんしよう
- Commons category
- Temple bells
- revised Hepburn romanization
- bonshō
- native label
- 梵鐘
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