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| Keywords: Kawamura Tsuneshige - Tsuba with the Bell of D么j么ji - Walters 51341 - Back.jpg The scene depicted is from a story about the bell at the temple D鬸鬸i On right are two monks with prayer beads in the act of praying At the left the large bell of the temple is shown fallen from its tower A jealous woman transformed into a dragon while chasing a monk she thought had promised to marry her The monks of D鬸鬸i hid the monk in the bell tower The bell fell trapping him under it The woman in her dragon form coiled her body around the bell and breathed flames on it This killed the monk trapped inside The story is retold in noh and kabuki plays of the same name In the plays a dancer comes to the temple to celebrate the installation of a new bell She dances under the bell and when it falls on her is transformed into the dragon A pine tree and stream are shown on the reverse late Other date century 18 Edo sentoku cm 7 13 6 64 0 5 accession number 51 341 4125 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Tsuneshige place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Kawamura Tsuneshige Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
