Ritual bell (dotaku)

Object Details

• Provenance

  ?-1968

  Kochukyo Company, Ltd. 壺中居, Tokyo, Japan, method of acquisition unknown [1]

  From 1968

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Kochukyo Co., Ltd [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Kochukyo Company, Ltd. presented the object to John A. Pope, Director of the Freer Gallery of Art when Pope traveled to Japan in the spring of1968. See letter from Hiroshi Hirota of Kochukyo Co., Ltd. to Mr. John A Pope, May 8, 1968, original in object file.

  [2] On July 13, 1968, Kochukyo Co., Ltd. exported the object to Washington, DC via Northwest Orient airline, see customs documentation in object file. The Freer Gallery of Art received an invoice for the sale on November 25, 1968, and issued payment on December 3, 1968, see Kochukyo Co., Ltd. invoice, November 25, 1968, original in object file.

  Research Completed on November 3, 2022.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Connecting Stories at the National Museum of Asian Art (April 29, 2023 - ongoing)

  Japanese Art (April 11, 1978 to March 6, 1981)

  Japanese Art: Painting and Sculpture (July 1, 1966 to May 2, 1973)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Kochukyo Co. Ltd. 壺中居 (established 1924)

• Origin

  Kinki region, Japan

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Ceremonial Object

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  100s

• Name

  Kochukyo Co. Ltd.

• Place

  Japan, Kinki region

• Topic

  Bronze, Art, Japanese Art, Yayoi period (400 B.C.E - 250 CE), Metal-work

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Ceremonial objects