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| Keywords: Japanese - Fuchi with Sword and Dragon - Walters 5112683A - Back.jpg 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 century 18 19 Edo shakudo gold cm 3 8 accession number 51 1268 3A 14064 William T / Henry Walters Collection Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T or 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 | ||||
