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| Keywords: Uchikoshi Hirochika - Kozuka with the Oil Monk - Walters 51661 - Mark A.jpg This kozuka illustrates the Oil Monk who appears in a story about the 11th-century warrior Taira no Tadamori There were reports of a fire breathing dragon walking the streets of Kyoto one rainy night When Tadamori set out to find and kill the dragon he discovered it was only a monk carrying an oil lamp When the monk blew on the lamp to keep it lit he appeared to be breathing fire The monk shelters himself from the rain under an umbrella between 1800 1850 late Edo shibuichi gold details cm 9 6 accession number 51 661 22883 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Hôjusai Hirochika place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Toyoshima-gun Japan Walters Art Museum license Tosogu Japanese sword fittings in the Walters Art Museum Uchikoshi Hirochika Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
