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Image Not Available for One of the first bells made in the Western style, cast in 1577, and now preserved at a nunnery called Shunko-in, Myoshin-zi Temple, Kyoto.
One of the first bells made in the Western style, cast in 1577, and now preserved at a nunnery called Shunko-in, Myoshin-zi Temple, Kyoto.
Image Not Available for One of the first bells made in the Western style, cast in 1577, and now preserved at a nunnery called Shunko-in, Myoshin-zi Temple, Kyoto.

One of the first bells made in the Western style, cast in 1577, and now preserved at a nunnery called Shunko-in, Myoshin-zi Temple, Kyoto.

Creator Ihee Kimura (Japanese,1901 - 1974)
Date1930s
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 21 x 18.6 cm (8 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2002
Object number2002/5797
LocationNot currently on display

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