Category:

Municipally Designated Tangible Cultural Property (Craft)

Title:

Takagi jizodo waniguchi

The Crocodile-Mouth Gong of Takagi Jizodo Hall

高木地蔵堂鰐口

No. of features:

One gong

Designated:

May 4, 1979

Location:

2-14-4 Nishi-Omiya, Nishi Ward

Owner:

Jizodo Hall

Description:

This bronze crocodile-mouth gong (waniguchi) was made in 1664. It measures 30.5 centimeters in diameter and 12.5 centimeters thick, with “shoulders” measuring 6.7 centimeters across.

Associated Texts:

vol. 3, Omiya Prefectural Board of Education, 1979, Survey Report on the Cultural Properties of Omiya.

Cultural Properties in Omiya 2., Omiya Municipal Board of Education, 1986.

This cultural property is not available for public viewing.

Inquiries (Japanese only)

Cultural Heritage Preservation Division, Department of Lifelong Learning, Board of Education Secretariat　

TEL: 048-829-1723 FAX: 048-829-1989

https://www.city.saitama.jp/004/005/006/001/017/004/003/p000295.html