Gilt-bronze Samaya Five-Pronged Bell
Cast copper, gilded · Heian–Kamakura periods · 12th–13th century · Gokokuji (Tokyo)
No Buddhist faces are cast on the bell body — only the Buddhas' "secret signs". A Japanized esoteric-symbol bell.
Exhibition: Celebrating 1250 Years Since the Birth of the Great Master Kūkai: Kūkai and the Treasures of Shingon Buddhism — Tokyo National Museum · –