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Source Description
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. This is part of a mounted set.
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Document identity
localId
14064
label
Fuchi with Sword and Dragon
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
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14064
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object
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normalized
title
Fuchi with Sword and Dragon
description
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. This is part of a mounted set.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
18th-19th century (Edo)
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CC0
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en
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Arms & Armor
fuchi
sword components
handles
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2
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2
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import
dimensionsRaw
H: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
Source extras
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Japanese
inscriptions
none
med
shakudo, gold
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6194
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JMA
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none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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9b494d8b88d693d8
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no
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2
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photo
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e569e0e52c13b68c
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no