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{
    "localId": "22599",
    "label": "Kozuka with Scroll and Prayer Beads",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.665"
}

{
    "id": "22599",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.665",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Kozuka with Scroll and Prayer Beads",
    "description": "This kozuka shows a scroll intertwined with prayer beads. The scroll is likely a Buddhist sutra or other religious text. The reverse is partially a copper alloy and partially gold.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1642-1708 (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.665",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "kozuka",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.665_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.665_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.665_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm) (l.)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Goto School",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Signature] 程乗作　光邦; [transliteration] Teijô saku  Mitsukuni; [Translation] Made by Teijô",
        "Mitsukuni"
    ],
    "med": "shakudo, gold, copper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "5512"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.665_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "mediaId": "4f8497916f415763"
}