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{
    "localId": "22842",
    "label": "Kozuka with a Temple Guardian (Niō)",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.818"
}

{
    "id": "22842",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.818",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Kozuka with a Temple Guardian (Niō)",
    "description": "The figure at the bottom of the kozuka is a temple guardian (\"ni-ô\"). These two fierce deities guard the main south gate at Buddhist temples. The one depicted here appears to the visitors left as they enter. On the reverse are the artist's signature and a seal.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1819 (late Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.818",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "kozuka",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.818_MrkA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.818_MrkA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Hamano School",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 濱埜矩隨; [Translation] Hamano Noriyuki; [Date] 文政二年; [Transliteration] Bunsei ni nen; [Translation] 1819",
    "med": "silver alloy with gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2424"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 3,
    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "mediaId": "e89d1b47a4337160"
}