http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/110391/do_taku-bell-gallery-label-current ArtsConnectEd.org Art Collector Set: Do_taku Bell: Gallery Label - Current http://www.artsconnected.org/images/favicon.png http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/110391/do_taku-bell-gallery-label-current 16 16 http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/110391/do_taku-bell-gallery-label-current Thu, 01 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0400 <table cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Title</td> <td><h3>Do_taku Bell: Gallery Label - Current</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Author</td> <td><h3>Minneapolis Institute of Arts</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Date</td> <td><h3>2006-05-17</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label" style="padding-right:7px;">Institution</td> <td>Minneapolis Institute of Arts</td> </tr> </table><br/>Among the most impressive examples of early bronze casting in Japan are large, bronze bells known as <i>do_taku</i>. Metallurgy, together with wet-rice cultivation, was probably first introduced to Japan by a new wave of immigrants from the Korean peninsula during the 3rd century a.d. Although <i>do_taku</i> resemble Chinese bells in overall shape, most lack musical resonance because of the thinness of their casting. Thus, <i>do_taku</i> seem to have been ritual objects and symbols of political authority. This bell was one of fourteen excavated in 1881 on Mt. O_iwa in Shiga Prefecture. http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/110391/do_taku-bell-gallery-label-current Among the most impressive examples of early bronze casting in Japan are large, bronze bells known as do_taku. Metallurgy, together with wet-rice cultivation, was probably first introduced to Japan by a new wave of immigrants from the Korean peninsula during the 3rd century a.d. Although do_taku resemble Chinese bells in overall shape, most lack musical resonance because of the thinness of their casting. Thus, do_taku seem to have been ritual objects and symbols of political authority. This bell was one of fourteen excavated in 1881 on Mt. O_iwa in Shiga Prefecture." type="image/jpeg" />Among the most impressive examples of early bronze casting in Japan are large, bronze bells known as do_taku. Metallurgy, together with wet-rice cultivation, was probably first introduced to Japan by a new wave of immigrants from the Korean peninsula during the 3rd century a.d. Although do_taku resemble Chinese bells in overall shape, most lack musical resonance because of the thinness of their casting. Thus, do_taku seem to have been ritual objects and symbols of political authority. This bell was one of fourteen excavated in 1881 on Mt. O_iwa in Shiga Prefecture." type="image/jpeg" />Copyright Minneapolis Institute of ArtsMinneapolis Institute of Arts