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    "localId": "25866",
    "label": "Kozuka with Cherry Blossoms, Moon and Poem",
    "core": "obj",
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    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.888"
}

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    "id": "25866",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.888",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Kozuka with Cherry Blossoms, Moon and Poem",
    "description": "Two cherry blossoms and a number of petals decorate the lower edge of the kozuka. Clouds are along the upper border. A full moon obsecured is on the reverse, along with a poem on a piece of tanzaku paper. Cherry blossoms are a symbol of spring and a popular decorative motif.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1863-1876 (late Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.888",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "kozuka",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Goto School",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 喜寿翁　法眼一乘作; [Translation] Kijuô Hôgen Ichijô saku",
    "med": "shibuichi",
    "creator_ids": [
        "4468"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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