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    "localId": "18106",
    "label": "Kozuka with a Shôjô",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.668"
}

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    "id": "18106",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.668",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Kozuka with a Shôjô",
    "description": "Shôjô are monkey-like creatures with human faces who usually live near water. They are fond of drinking sake, which probably accounts for their red faces. This shôjô is dancing with a sake cup and a ladle. On the right are a sake jar and a fan.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "n.d.",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.668",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "kozuka",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.668_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.668_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm) (l.)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "none",
    "med": "shibuichi, gold and copper decoration, shakudo",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6194"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 2,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.668_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "mediaId": "a389424285ba73ef"
}