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fusengata chōzubachi
布銭形手水鉢

coin-shaped basin


A water basin shaped like an old coin. A square is hollowed for water at the center of the flat, upper face of a round slab of dressed stone. The original is at the garden of Kohōan temple in Kyoto.


Japanese Garden Dictionary: A Glossary for Japanese Gardens and Their History
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