Word: ko-ga-wa
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Donor's Tablet. Inscribed by Ka-me-da, Giver of bell to the Buddhist Temple, cast and engraved by Ko-ga-wa, Cu-ni-no-hi, in the eleventh year of the age Bunka...
...sorrow is expressed by the voice of the bell. When the wicked ones in hell hear its sound they forget for a time their torments, and, confessing their sins, pray to be received into Heaven. It also causes the devils to flee." This caused me to have Ko-ga-wa make this bell in memory of many rejoicing believers...
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