Keywords: Japanese - Umabari with Waves - Walters 5111574.jpg The handle is decorated with a pattern of crashing waves Umabari were carried in place of kogai in Higo province modern-day Kumamoto They were used to stimulate horses This is part of a mounted set century 18 19 Edo-Meiji silver steel cm 13 5 accession number 51 1157 4 13899 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters none place of origin Japan Walters Art Museum license Tosogu Japanese sword fittings in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Culture of Kumamoto prefecture |