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The '''World Peace Bell Association''' ('''WPBA''') is a Japanese organisation which attempts to raise awareness of the [[World peace]] movement by casting and installing [[Bonshō|Japanese temple bells]] in locations around the world. |
The '''World Peace Bell Association''' ('''WPBA''') is a Japanese organisation which attempts to raise awareness of the [[World peace]] movement by casting and installing [[Bonshō|Japanese temple bells]] in locations around the world. |
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The association was effectively begun in 1954 by Chiyoji Nakagawa, with the goal of providing peace bells to every country in the world.<ref name=UNTurk>{{cite web|title=International Day of Peace celebrated with Peace Bell ceremony in Ankara|url=http://www.bmdergi.org/en/international-day-of-peace-celebrated-with-peace-bell-ceremony-in-ankara-2/|website=United Nations Newsletter, Turkey|publisher=United Nations|access-date=8 October 2014}}</ref><ref name=Wallach>{{cite web|last1=Wallach|first1=Ruth|title=The World Peace Bell|url=http://www.publicartinla.com/LAPL/world_peace_bell.html|website=Public Art in Los Angeles|publisher=USC Libraries|access-date=8 October 2014}}</ref> As mayor of [[Uwajima, Ehime|Uwajima]], he oversaw the replacement of the temple bell at Taihei temple in the aftermath or the [[Second World War]]. The replacement bell was known as the "Bell of Banzai for Absolute Peace", and was the model for the [[Japanese Peace Bell|United Nations Peace Bell]], the first bell donated by the WPBA.<ref name=WPBA>{{cite web|title=World Peace Bells|url=http://peace.maripo.com/p_bells_wpb.htm|website=World Peace Bell Association|access-date=8 October 2014}}</ref><ref name=govtnz>{{cite web|title=A World Peace Bell for Christchurch, New Zealand|url=http://resources.ccc.govt.nz/images/WPBReport.pdf|website=resources.ccc.govt.nz|access-date=8 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Thomson">{{cite book|author=Margaret Bell Thomson|title=New Zealand - Country Of Peace|date=29 November 2012|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rEgU4NRISNsC&pg=PA60|publisher=Xlibris Corporation|isbn=978-1-4797-1263-2|pages=60}}</ref>{{Self-published inline|certain=yes|date= |
The association was effectively begun in 1954 by Chiyoji Nakagawa, with the goal of providing peace bells to every country in the world.<ref name=UNTurk>{{cite web|title=International Day of Peace celebrated with Peace Bell ceremony in Ankara|url=http://www.bmdergi.org/en/international-day-of-peace-celebrated-with-peace-bell-ceremony-in-ankara-2/|website=United Nations Newsletter, Turkey|publisher=United Nations|access-date=8 October 2014}}</ref><ref name=Wallach>{{cite web|last1=Wallach|first1=Ruth|title=The World Peace Bell|url=http://www.publicartinla.com/LAPL/world_peace_bell.html|website=Public Art in Los Angeles|publisher=USC Libraries|access-date=8 October 2014}}</ref> As mayor of [[Uwajima, Ehime|Uwajima]], he oversaw the replacement of the temple bell at Taihei temple in the aftermath or the [[Second World War]]. The replacement bell was known as the "Bell of Banzai for Absolute Peace", and was the model for the [[Japanese Peace Bell|United Nations Peace Bell]], the first bell donated by the WPBA.<ref name=WPBA>{{cite web|title=World Peace Bells|url=http://peace.maripo.com/p_bells_wpb.htm|website=World Peace Bell Association|access-date=8 October 2014}}</ref><ref name=govtnz>{{cite web|title=A World Peace Bell for Christchurch, New Zealand|url=http://resources.ccc.govt.nz/images/WPBReport.pdf|website=resources.ccc.govt.nz|access-date=8 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Thomson">{{cite book|author=Margaret Bell Thomson|title=New Zealand - Country Of Peace|date=29 November 2012|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rEgU4NRISNsC&pg=PA60|publisher=Xlibris Corporation|isbn=978-1-4797-1263-2|pages=60}}</ref>{{Self-published inline|certain=yes|date=Decembe2017}} |
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The bells are made using melted-down coinage donated from countries around the world.<ref name=govtnz/><ref name="Thomson"/> They have been placed in sixteen countries to date, with the US, Japan and Australia having more than one bell.<ref name=WPBA/> |
The bells are made using melted-down coinage donated from countries around the world.<ref name=govtnz/><ref name="Thomson"/> They have been placed in sixteen countries to date, with the US, Japan and Australia having more than one bell.<ref name=WPBA/> |
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