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    "localId": "19188",
    "label": "Kozuka with Daruma",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.737"
}

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    "id": "19188",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.737",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Kozuka with Daruma",
    "description": "Daruma (Sk. Bodhidharma) was an Indian Buddhist who lived in the 6th century. He is recognized as the founder of Zen Buddhism. Legends claim that he traveled to China and Japan. Here he is shown sitting on a cloud.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acqusition unknown]; Walters Art Musuem, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1829-1890 (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.737",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "kozuka",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.737_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm) (l.)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 壽良 製; [Transliteration] Toshiyoshi sei; [Translation] Made by Toshiyoshi",
    "med": "shibuichi, iron oxide (?), gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6119"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.737_MrkA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "mediaId": "d56df8c11266e9e4"
}