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Furin has its origin in China about 2000 years ago. Later, a group of Buddhist priests brought some back to Japan along with Buddhism.

One may after see them hanging down from each center of a temple roof. It was believed that when people used it as a charm to avoid ill fortune, no disaster would ever befall them within hearing distance of the bells. It was not until the Kamakura period when the great Buddhist Saint Honen named it Furei.

Afterwards the term Furei became Furin. Because the term uses the same Kanji Characters as Furei. The word "Furin" has been in use until today.

It appears that the first glass-made Furin made its debut in 1700.

EDO FURIN
SOUND OF FURIN (YouTube)

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