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    "localId": "21069",
    "label": "Long Sword Blade (\"\"Katana\"\")",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1226.1"
}

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    "id": "21069",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1226.1",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Long Sword Blade (\"\"Katana\"\")",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown];  Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "14th century (Muromachi)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1226.1",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "katana",
        "blades",
        "swords"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "27 9/16 in. (70 cm) (l.)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Transcription] Inscribed: sadamune: honami kokan; [Translation] Inscribed: Sadamune (attributed by Honami Kokan).",
    "med": "steel with gold inlay",
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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