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| Keywords: Japanese - Kozuka with a Dragon Coiled around a Sword - Walters 51645 - Back.jpg This is the rain dragon coiled around 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 dragon wrapped around it to bring rain at the end of a drought This kozuka is unusual because it is made of wood and ivory with a tortoise shell cap date wood ivory cm 9 9 accession number 51 645 15427 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Unsigned place of origin Japan Walters Art Museum license Kozuka in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
