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    "localId": "79252",
    "label": "Tsuka with Dragon, Chokaro, and Mules",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1268.3B"
}

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    "id": "79252",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1268.3B",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuka with Dragon, Chokaro, and Mules",
    "description": "The kashira on the end shows a rain dragon wrapped around a sword. This iconography is associated with the Buddhist figure Kôbô Daishi (also known as Kûkai; 774-834) who was said to have used such a sword to bring rain at the end of a drought. One menuki is in the shape of the Taoist immortal Chokaro (Ch. Zhang Guo [Chang Kuo]) holding a gourd. The other is in the shape of two mules. Chokaro had a magic mule he kept in a gourd until he needed it. The mule could carry Chokaro for thousands of miles and did not need to be fed. This is part of a mounted set.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "18th-19th century (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1268.3B",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsuka",
        "menuki",
        "kashira",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 6 5/8 in. (16.9 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "none",
    "med": "red-brown lacquer, ray skin, gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6194"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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