id:			95336
accession number:	1916.1102
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1102
updated:		2023-08-23 18:05:17.554000

Dōtaku, AD 100–200. Japan, Yayoi period (c. 300s BC–AD 200s). 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

title:				Dōtaku
title in original language:	銅鐸
series:				
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creation date:			AD 100–200
creation date earliest:		100
creation date latest:		200
current location:		235A Japanese
creditline:			Gift of Mrs. Arthur St. John Newberry
copyright:			

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culture:	Japan, Yayoi period (c. 300s BC–AD 200s)
technique:	cast bronze
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 97.8 x 48.9 cm (38 1/2 x 19 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Artlens Exhibition 2017
	opening date:   2017-06-24T04:00:00
	<i>Artlens Exhibition 2017</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 24, 2017-May 29, 2019).

	title:		Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation
	opening date:   2020-01-24T05:00:00
	<i>Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 24-October 11, 2020).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	John Strong Newberry [1822-1892], New Haven, CT, to his son Arthur St. John Newberry
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	Arthur St. John Newberry [1854-1912], Cleveland, OH, by bequest to his wife
	date: ?-1912
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	Mrs. Arthur St. John [Emma Paige Eells] Newberry [1857-1932], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1912-1916
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1916-
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wall 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.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	"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

	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

	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
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	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

	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

	Hane, Mikiso. J<em>apan: A Historical Survey</em>. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1972.
	page number: 	p. 17
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	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

	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

	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
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