Kozuka with an Arrow and a Message

n.d. 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm) (l.) Citation Source image

Tied around the shaft of this arrow is a piece of paper containing a message. This was common way of communicating during battles in pre-modern Japan.

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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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