Description

An incredible monumental Japanese solid cast bronze Peace Bell custom iron stand with clapper. Inscription with dated, location and donor of bell. Bell is in excellent original condition with no repairs or damage. The sound is absolutely stunning lasts for a very long time 世話人
Sponsors (or Caretakers)

[7 names]
高岡市
鋳物師
老子次右
Takaoka City
Caster:
Oigo Ji[emon] context seems likely to refer to 衛門, as part of the name Oigo Jiemon, a famous caster of temple bells from Toyama Prefecture]

貴任役員
Officials with Higher Duties

南無妙法蓮華経
Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō
“Homage to the Lotus Sutra”

施主
Donor (or Chief Mourner)

東大阪市高井田西一丁目
三十五番地
1-chōme-35 Takaida-Nishi, Higashi-Osaka City

設立
者
主管
Founder
Supervisor

川北金龍清
Kawakita [surname] characters are related to the affiliation of the temple & its head priest, whose surname is Kawakita]
八十八歳
88 years of age

昭和四十八年一月 吉祥日 建立
Constructed: Auspicious day January, Shōwa 48

金竜山三清妙法院
Kinryū-san Sansei Myōhō-in
[Sansei Myōhō-in is the name of the temple:

開運
楠高黒龍王大権現
Bringer of good fortune:
[楠高黒龍王大権現 is the name of a gongen deity:
and references a black nāga in its name

神通自在開運
白長龍王大権現
Supernaturally omnipotent bringer of good fortune:
[The name is again of a gongen; roughly translatable as “White Long Dragon-King Great-Incarnation”]
開運
三王大権現
Bringer of good fortune:
[San’nō Dai-gongen; roughly “Three-Kings Great-Incarnation”, another gongen name

Size: 52″H bell