On the Dotaku once possessed by BUNCHO TANI

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A Dotaku which is said to be once possessed by BUNCHO TANI, an artist of the Later Yedo Period, has been well known among archaeologists for the resemblance of the figures engraved on it with thcse on a Dotaku said to be unearthed at Sanuki:the latter was registered to the national treasureseveral years ago. But the present owner of the said Dotaku is unknown, and we can hardly examine the details of the object, except for the rubbed copy of the figures engraved on it. Recently a rubbed copy of a Dotaku which was possessed by late KOHEI KANDA was found at the Anthropological Institute of Tokyo University. This copy (Fig. 1) shows not only the figures engraved on the object in detail (Fig. 2; reconstructed), but also its size and shape. From this copy it is estimated that the object is about 42cm in height and has a cylindrical body with a so-called fin which is narrow in breadth on both sides and is helmet-shaped at the top of the body (Fig. 3 : 1). These characteristics in respect to its shape as well as figures on it resemble strikingly to those of above mentioned Dotaku from Sanuki. Existence of several other Dotaku unearthed with similar characteristics, though lacking figures on their surfaces, suggests us that all these might have had the same manufacturing source.
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