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    "localId": "14696",
    "label": "Kozuka with Emma-Ô and a Demon",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.899"
}

{
    "id": "14696",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.899",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Kozuka with Emma-Ô and a Demon",
    "description": "Emma-Ô is the king of hell who judges souls when they arrive. He is shown here leaning against a tiger. On the left is a demon. Demons serve as Emma-Ô's assistants. This kozuka includes a signed blade.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1800 (late Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.899",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "kozuka",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.899_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 6,
    "pageCount": 6,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 8 11/16 in. (22 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Inscription] On kozuka: 藝州住; [Transliteration] Geishû sumu; [Translation] Living in Hiroshima prefecture; [Signature] On kozuka: 廣利; [Translation] Hirotoshi; [Signature] On blade: 錦龍子源国佐; [Translation] Kinryûshi Minamoto Kunisuke",
    "med": "shibuichi, gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6139",
        "6140"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.899_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "mediaId": "b9189f5778d74f6e"
}