Tenman Shrine Bell

Arts of Asia

1860s

Nakagawa Rogetsu
Japanese, active 19th century

This image from the Tenman Shrine depicts a bell hung with long colored strips of fabric. Visiting the Tenman Shrine on New Year’s Day, in a “first visit” ceremony (hatsumode), was a yearly tradition that was incomplete without making an offering and ringing the temple bell. Thus, the bell became a shorthand symbol of the New Year. Nakagawa Rogetsu skillfully used the vertical format of this print to create an image of cloth strips hanging down and intermingling with falling plum petals.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Asia

Artist: Nakagawa Rogetsu
Title: Tenman Shrine Bell
Place: Japan (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1860–1869
Medium: Color woodblock print; surimono
Dimensions: 11.6 × 36.7 cm (4 5/8 × 14 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Charles H. Mitchell Collection unrestricted gift
Reference Number: 1972.1780
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