Fist - Kin

Japanese: 鏧 - きん

Also written as kei, it is also called keisu (鏧) kinsu (鏧) , uchigane (钙) , dobachi (钙) or colloquially zarugane (鏧). It is a type of musical instrument used in Buddhism, made of copper or bronze and shaped like a large bowl. It is placed on a wooden stand with a cushion underneath and is struck on the rim with a leather-wrapped wooden bai (桴). Some sects distinguish between large and small keisu (大鏧) and use them separately. Keisu are mainly struck by monks in roles such as sutra head, first sutra, and Vinaya (威奈) to mark the end of each stage of a ceremony or as a signal when reciting sutras.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

磬とも書き，鏧(磬)子（けいす∥きんす），打金（うちがね），銅鉢（どうばち），あるいは俗にザルガネなどともいう。仏教で用いる鳴物(楽器)の一種で，銅または青銅製で大型の鉢の形をしたもの。下に座布団を敷き，木製の台の上に据え置き，皮で巻いた木製の棓（ばい）(桴)で縁を打って鳴らす。大鏧，小鏧などと大小を区別して用いる宗派もある。鏧は主に儀式の各次第の区切りや，誦経の際の合図として，経頭，始経，維那（いな）などという役の僧が打ち鳴らす。

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