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    "localId": "12368",
    "label": "Fuchi with Cherry Blossoms and Petals",
    "core": "obj",
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    "id": "12368",
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    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Fuchi with Cherry Blossoms and Petals",
    "description": "The black fuchi is decorated with falling cherry blossoms and petals, along with sprinkled gold \"maki-e.\" Cherry blossoms are the most celebrated flower of spring. 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": "19th century (Edo-Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1190.2A",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
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        "fuchi",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
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            "units": "cm",
            "width": 4.1,
            "height": 3.3,
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        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 5/8 x W: 1 5/16 x D: 7/16 in. (4.1 x 3.3 x 1.1 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "none",
    "med": "shakudo, silver, gold",
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    ],
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    "exhibition_ids": []
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