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| Keywords: Japanese - Kozuka with an Elephant - Walters 51693 - Back.jpg Elephants are not native to Japan but live animals were brought to Japan by foreign traders at least twice during the Edo period In the early 18th century an elephant being taken from the port of Nagasaki to the military capital of Edo had an audience with the emperor in Kyoto However elephants were known to most Japanese people through woodblock prints On the kozuka the elephant is depicted in copper with gold highlights The background has a pattern that resembled tree bark century 19 Edo copper gold cm 9 5 l accession number 51 693 21774 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by 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 | ||||
