Lantern Part
A1828.3
From: Japan | Tokyo | Zojoji Temple
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | A1828.3 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Japanese |
| Provenience | Japan | Tokyo | Zojoji Temple |
| Period | Edo Period |
| Date Made | 1705 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Bronze |
| Iconography | Rinpo | Horin | Inome | Flowers |
| Description | Cap portion (kasa 笠) for a bronze lantern. This acts as an umbrella over the firebox to protect the lantern. There are symbols on the side of the piece, one is a rinpo (輪宝) or horin wheel and the other is a heart shaped symbol called inome. There are six sides with radiating ridges which terminate in a curling bracket called warabite 蕨手 only two of which are still intact (another is partially intact). There are six bells that hang off the brackets. |
| Credit Line | Deposited by Mrs. Richard Waln Meirs, 1919 |
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