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| Keywords: Tsuchiya Yasuchika - Kozuka with a Dragon Holding a Jewel - Walters 51865 - Back.jpg A dragon holding a jewel is a common motif on sword fittings The jewel is used by the Dragon King to control the tides Here the dragon appears to weave between the background decoration and the body of the kozuka The artist signed the kozuka on the reverse between 1710 1744 Edo shakudo gold copper cm 9 6 accession number 51 865 29794 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Tôu place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Kozuka in the Walters Art Museum Tosogu by Tsuchiya Yasuchika Tosogu by Tsuchiya Yasuchika in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
