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    "localId": "20957",
    "label": "Fuchi with Rabbits and Waves",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1236.3A"
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    "id": "20957",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1236.3A",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Fuchi with Rabbits and Waves",
    "description": "Two gold rabbits on this fuchi are shown running over waves. According to folklore, female rabbits conceived by doing this on the eighteenth day of the eight month. This is part of a mounted set.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1845-early 20th century (late Edo-Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1236.3A",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "fuchi",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1236.3a_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 3.9,
            "height": 2.4,
            "depth": 1.3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 9/16 x W: 15/16 x D: 1/2 in. (3.9 x 2.4 x 1.3 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 黒羽勝文; [Translation] Kurobane Katsubumi (kao)",
    "med": "gold, copper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "3659"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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