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    "localId": "10538",
    "label": "Kozuka with Lotus",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.847"
}

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    "id": "10538",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.847",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Kozuka with Lotus",
    "description": "A blooming lotus is in the center with a pod on the left and a large lotus leaf on the right. Lotus blossom from swampy water, so they are a metaphor for Buddha arising from the profane world.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1750-1775 (mid-late Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.847",
    "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",
    "inscriptions": "[Inscription] 安親圖; [Transliteration] Yasuchika zu; [Translation] Design by Yasuchika; [Signature] 泰山元春; [Translation] Taizan Motoharu (kao)",
    "med": "shibuichi, copper, gold",
    "creator_ids": [
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        "6135"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
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    ]
}

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