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| Keywords: Japanese - Blade - Sword and Dragon - Walters 5112204 - Mark B.jpg This iconography of a dragon wrapped around a sword represents Kôbô Daishi's sword Kôbô Daishi also known as Kûkai; 774-834 was a Buddhist priest who studied in China and founded the Shingon sect of Buddhism in Japan It is said he used a sword that had a rain dragon wrapped around it to bring rain at the end of a drought The signature on the back is a forgery of an earlier artist's signature This is part of a mounted set century 19 Edo-Meiji shakudo gold steel cm 21 3 accession number 51 1220 4 36783 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquistion unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Forged Gotô Kôjô kao place of origin Japan Walters Art Museum license Tosogu Japanese sword fittings in the Walters Art Museum White background Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review | ||||
