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Earth-placating articles from the foundation of the Kondō of Tōdaiji

Artwork · Anonymous · 8th century · Tōdai-ji Temple

Objects buried in the foundation of the Daibutsuden of Tōdaiji as an offering to the local earth deities. Among them a sword whose leather scabbard is inlaid in gold with a scrolling vine and two flying ducks. 1 Mason 2005, p. 51, fig. 54. ↩ Literatur Mason 2005: Penelope E. Mason, History of Japanese Art, 2nd, Pearson Education LTD. 2005.