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{
    "localId": "95336",
    "label": "Dōtaku",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object"
}

{
    "id": "95336",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Dōtaku",
    "description": "The flow of new peoples from Korea to Japan during the Yayoi period brought new technologies of bronze and iron casting. Similarly, the form of the <em>dōtaku</em>, or bronze bell, is thought to have originated in Korea. The original Korean prototypes—stout, thickly cast bells—were transformed in Japan into sculptural forms with sophisticated surface decoration. These dōtaku are often uncovered near burial sites paired with a metal spear or sword nearby, suggesting ceremonial importance.",
    "date": "100–200 CE",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1102",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q60747523"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metalwork"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1102/1916.1102_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1102/1916.1102_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1102/1916.1102_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 97.8 x 48.9 cm (38 1/2 x 19 1/4 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Japan, Yayoi period (c. 300 BCE–300 CE)"
    ],
    "accession": "1916.1102"
}

{
    "tec": "cast bronze",
    "tombstone": "Dōtaku (銅鐸), 100–200 CE. Japan, Yayoi period (c. 300 BCE–300 CE). Cast bronze; overall: 97.8 x 48.9 cm (38 1/2 x 19 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Arthur St. John Newberry, 1916.1102",
    "titleInOriginalLanguage": "銅鐸",
    "collection": "Japanese Art",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "\"Accessions.\" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 4, no. 2 (1917): 26-37.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 27",
            "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136070"
        },
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 894",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n158"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Feddersen, Martin. <em>Japanese Decorative Art, A Handbook for Collectors and Connoisseurs</em>. London: Faber and Faber, 1962.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 96, fig. 72"
        },
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 272",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n296"
        },
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 272",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n296"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Hane, Mikiso. J<em>apan: A Historical Survey</em>. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1972.",
            "page_number": "p. 17"
        },
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 368",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n388"
        },
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 15",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n30"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Cunningham, Michael R., Stanislaw J. Czuma, Anne E. Wardwell, and J. Keith Wilson. <em>Masterworks of Asian Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 180–181"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1102",
    "creditline": "Gift of Mrs. Arthur St. John Newberry",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:06:42.663000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1102/1916.1102_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 95336,
    "dept": "Japanese Art",
    "coll": "Japanese Art",
    "med": "cast bronze",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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