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    "localId": "22089",
    "label": "Kozuka with Monkeys and Persimmons",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1289.3"
}

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    "id": "22089",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1289.3",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Kozuka with Monkeys and Persimmons",
    "description": "A group of three monkeys are depicted sitting together. The middle monkey wears a jacket fashioned in gold. Two monkeys hold persimmons, which were said to be the monkey's favorite fruit. This is part of a mounted set.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1st half 19th century (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1289.3",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "kozuka",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 菊川吉次; [Translation] Kikugawa Yoshitsugu",
    "med": "shakudo, copper, steel, shibuichi",
    "creator_ids": [
        "5598"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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