Thirty-six enjoyments of Edo: Large bell of Zōjō-ji Temple
Painted by Utagawa Toyokuni III and Utagawa Hiroshige II 1864 (Genji 1) Tokyo Shiryō Collection 3566-C3
The large bell of Zōjō-ji Temple, well-known as the family temple of the Tokugawa Shogunate House, was built by Shiina Iyo-no-kami at Goten-yama, Shinagawa in 1673 (the first year of Empō). With a height of about 3m and a weight of about 15t, this magnificent bell is said to be the first bell built in Edo on the order of the 4th Shogun Ietsuna.
