Keywords: Motoshige - Kozuka with the Monk Mongaku - Walters 51742 - Mark A.jpg The monk Mongaku 1139-1203; also known as Endô Moritô is frequently depicted doing penance sitting under the Nachi waterfall He became a monk after inadvertently killing his cousin rather than her husband He was twice exiled from Kyoto because of his opposition to the emperor The artist signed the kozuka on the reverse century 19 Edo shibuichi gold cm 9 8 l accession number 51 742 29753 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature unread Motoshige place of origin Japan Walters Art Museum license Kozuka in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Motoshige |