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    "localId": "14633",
    "label": "Kozuka with Asahina Saburô and a Gate Guardian",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.887"
}

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    "id": "14633",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.887",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Kozuka with Asahina Saburô and a Gate Guardian",
    "description": "At the left is the 12th-century warrior Asahina Saburô, who was known for his feats of strength. He can be recognized by the dancing crane crest visible near his knee. He is shown with a temple gate guardian (\"niô\"). They appear to be struggling with a box that is between them.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1773-1829 (late Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.887",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "kozuka",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.887_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Hamano School",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 瑞雲堂　濱野直隨; [Translation] Zuiundo Hamano Naoyuki (kao)",
    "med": "shibuichi",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2794"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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