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{
    "localId": "32680",
    "label": "Kozuka with Figure in a Bamboo Grove",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.900"
}

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    "id": "32680",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.900",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Kozuka with Figure in a Bamboo Grove",
    "description": "A figure is shown partially obscured within a bamboo grove. This kozuka has a blade, which is signed by its maker.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1829-ca.1890 (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.900",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "kozuka",
        "sword components",
        "handles",
        "blades"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.900_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.900_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 6,
    "pageCount": 6,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] On kozuka: 叟壽良造之; [Translation] Sô Toshiyoshi tsukuru kore; [Signature] On blade: 伯耆守藤原信高; [Translation] Hôki no kami Fujiwara Nobutaka",
    "med": "shibuichi, gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6119",
        "5756"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "mediaId": "d24bd23069a76df7"
}