Keywords: Kyôrin - Kozuka with Plovers and Waves - Walters 51728 - Mark A.jpg The right side of this horizontally oriented composition ends with the curve of a wave that matches the edge of the kozuka At the left two plovers fly above the water Between them is a thin crescent moon The kozuka is signed on the reverse century 19 Edo shibuichi gold cm 9 8 l accession number 51 728 6068 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Chûôsan Kyôrin place of origin Japan Walters Art Museum license Tosogu Japanese sword fittings in the Walters Art Museum Kyôrin Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |