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[[File:Mokugyo.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A ''mokugyo'' on display at the Metropolitan Museum]]
*''Japanese'': 木魚 ''(mokugyo)''
A ''mokugyo'' (lit. wooden fish) is a style of slit gong used in Buddhist and Daoist ceremonies, in which it is struck to accompany chanting, e.g. of [[sutras]]. The gong, usually handheld, is decorated with the form of a fish holding a ball or jewel in its mouth, symbolic of the cosmos. The fish's wide-open eyes are representative of eternally wakeful attention and vigilance in devotion.
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==References==
*Gallery labels, "Buddhism," Musical Instruments gallery, Metropolitan Museum, Sept 2013.
[[Category:Buddhism]]
[[Category:Art and Architecture]]
*''Japanese'': 木魚 ''(mokugyo)''
A ''mokugyo'' (lit. wooden fish) is a style of slit gong used in Buddhist and Daoist ceremonies, in which it is struck to accompany chanting, e.g. of [[sutras]]. The gong, usually handheld, is decorated with the form of a fish holding a ball or jewel in its mouth, symbolic of the cosmos. The fish's wide-open eyes are representative of eternally wakeful attention and vigilance in devotion.
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==References==
*Gallery labels, "Buddhism," Musical Instruments gallery, Metropolitan Museum, Sept 2013.
[[Category:Buddhism]]
[[Category:Art and Architecture]]
