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    "localId": "98691",
    "label": "Koto",
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    "id": "98691",
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    "title": "Koto",
    "date": "early to mid-1800s",
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)"
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    "tombstone": "Koto, early to mid-1800s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). overall: 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Charles G. King Jr. collection; Gift of Ralph King in memory of Charles G. King Jr., 1918.383",
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            "citation": "\"Accessions.\" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 5, no. 8/9 (1918): 82-85.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 82",
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        },
        {
            "citation": "D. S. M. \"Exhibition of Musical Instruments.\" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 8, no. 9 (1921): 134-43.",
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