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Identifier: metalsmetalworki00gowl (find matches)
Title: Metals and metal-working in old Japan
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Gowland, William, 1842-1922 Japan Society of London
Subjects: Art metal-work Metallurgy Metal-work
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Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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BRONZE LANTERN (Todaiji Temple, Nara). Japan Society: Transactions. Vol. XIII.— METALS AND METAL WORKING IN OLP jJiFAN.—Gowland. (Plate XIX.)—/ace/>. 66. v*..3i
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PANEL OF BRONZE LANTERN (Todaiji. Nara). Japan Society: Transactions, Vol. XIII.— METALS AND METAL WORKING IN OLD JAPAN.—Gow/anrf. (Plate XX.)—/ace/>. 66. ( 67 ) These castings are of great importance in the history ofbronze-founding. They could only have been produced bythe cera perduta, or wax process, and by the use of a hotmould. Seventh and Eighth Centuries. Two events of marked importance in Japanese annals, onaccount of their influence on the development of the arts andculture, occurred during this period. Buddhism, which hadbeen introduced about 552 a.d., had been adopted as thereligion of the country, through the energy and enthusiasm ofPrince Shotoku Taishi (593 to 621 a.d.), and a fixed capitaland court had, for the first time in Japanese history, beenestablished at Kara (709 a.d.). These two centuries form abrilliant epoch in the history of the art of bronze-founding,as in that of the sister arts of painting and sculpture.Numerous temples, some on a scale of great

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  • bookauthor:Japan_Society_of_London
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  • booksubject:Metallurgy
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