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{
    "localId": "2258",
    "label": "Kozuka with Dragon and Tiger",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.768"
}

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    "id": "2258",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.768",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Kozuka with Dragon and Tiger",
    "description": "This elaborate kozuka features a dragon and a tiger. These are the two strongest animals and sometimes used to represent the ruler and his advisers. The dragon's head is at the top and its tail is at the bottom. A tiger is also at the bottom. Along the top are decorations similar to roof tiles.  A curved piece runs along the bottom edge. Kozuka in this shape were made by Hirado Kunishige and his students.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "18th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.768",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "kozuka",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.768_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.768_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.768_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm) (l.)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Hirado",
    "inscriptions": "none",
    "med": "copper, gilt",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6194"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.768_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "mediaId": "e2844ccc658dc1ca"
}