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Source Description
On the left of the kozuka is a man on the beach running from a woman in the water whose lower half has transformed into a dragon. This scene is drawn from the Dôjôji engi emaki, in which a jealous woman turns into a dragon as she chases a monk.
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Document identity
localId
31959
label
Kozuka with Scene from Dôjôji
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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4
Source metadata
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31959
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Kozuka with Scene from Dôjôji
description
On the left of the kozuka is a man on the beach running from a woman in the water whose lower half has transformed into a dragon. This scene is drawn from the Dôjôji engi emaki, in which a jealous woman turns into a dragon as she chases a monk.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1816-1856 (late Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
kozuka
sword components
handles
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4
pageCount
4
source
import
dimensionsRaw
L: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
style
Goto School
inscriptions
[Inscription] 紋栄乗; [Transliteration] Mon Eijô; [Translation] Design by Eijô; [Signature] 光晃; [Translation] Mitsuaki (kao)
med
shakudo, gold, silver, copper
creator_ids
6118
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JMA
exhibition_ids
none
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photo
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photo
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