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{
    "localId": "17928",
    "label": "Kozuka with Fudô Myô-ô",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.798"
}

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    "id": "17928",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.798",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Kozuka with Fudô Myô-ô",
    "description": "Fudô Myô-ô, the Immovable One, is depicted standing on a rocky cliff. Behind him is a mandorla of flames. Fudô Myô-ô is one of the five Kings of Light who protect the Buddhist faithful. His fierce expression is intended to scare away evil spirits. He is almost always shown with a sword in his right hand and a rope in his left hand.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "19th century (Edo-Meij)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.798",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "kozuka",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.798_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.798_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Goto School",
    "inscriptions": "[Inscription] Goto Tôjô mon; [Translation] Pupil of Goto Tôjô; [Signature] Sesshin (kao)",
    "med": "copper, gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "4014"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.798_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "mediaId": "c046706db9319bfd"
}