A large temple bell

常楽寺銅鐘(重要文化財)か｡常楽寺は北条泰時によって建立され､宋からの来朝僧､蘭渓道隆はここに宋の禅院の規式そのままに､同寺を設計し､わが国禅門の基礎を築いたと言う｡銅鐘には宝治2年(1248)の銘があり､執権北条時頼が北条泰時追善のために造ったと伝える｡This may be the bronze bell at Jorakuji Temple (important national treasure). Jorakuji was built by Hojo Yasutoki, and a priest from china named Rankei Doryu designed the temple in Zen style, establishing Zen Buddhism in japan for the first time. The bronze bell has "1248" inscribed on it, and is said to have been made by Hojo Tokiyori in commemoration of Hojo Yasutoki