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    "localId": "9702",
    "label": "Kozuka with Buddhist Inscription",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1167.3"
}

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    "id": "9702",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1167.3",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Kozuka with Buddhist Inscription",
    "description": "The three character inscription at the top of the kozuka reads \"No beginning or end.\" It is a shortened version of the Buddhist saying \"mushi mushû,\" which reminds believers that the Buddha is eternal. 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/51.1167.3",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "kozuka",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1167.3_MrkB_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 6 15/16 in. (17.7 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Inscription] 無始終; [Transliteration] mu shi shû; [Translation] no beginning or end; [Signature] [ ]得山人; [Translation] Seisho Sanjin",
    "med": "gold, steel",
    "creator_ids": [
        "5505"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "mediaId": "d4937f0ce7c96e2d"
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