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{
    "localId": "23240",
    "label": "Kozuka with a Man Holding a Net",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.789"
}

{
    "id": "23240",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.789",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Kozuka with a Man Holding a Net",
    "description": "The man here may be the Chinese Zen eccentric Kensu (Ch. Xianzi [Hsien Tzu]).  He holds his net and a bucket sits next to him. Despite the Buddhist prohibition on consuming flesh, Kensu found enlightenment while fishing for shrimp.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "18th century (?)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.789",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "kozuka",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.789_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.789_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.789_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Inscription] 後藤東乗門; [Siganture] 雪信",
    "med": "shibuichi, gold, silver, copper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6194"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.789_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "mediaId": "b188981a10119903"
}