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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. The signature on the back is a forgery of an earlier artist's signature. This is part of a mounted set.
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Document identity
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36783
label
Blade - Sword and Dragon
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
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36783
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object
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normalized
title
Blade - 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. The signature on the back is a forgery of an earlier artist's signature. This is part of a mounted set.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
19th century (Edo-Meiji)
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
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Arms & Armor
kozuka
sword components
handles
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4
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4
source
import
dimensionsRaw
L: 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
style
Goto School
inscriptions
[Signature] Forged: 後藤光乗; [Translation] Gotô Kôjô (kao)
med
shakudo, gold, steel
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2481
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JMA
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none
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