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{
    "localId": "27249",
    "label": "Kozuka with a Crane under a Pine Tree Branch",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.874"
}

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    "id": "27249",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.874",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Kozuka with a Crane under a Pine Tree Branch",
    "description": "At the bottom of the kozuka, a crane is shown looking upwards towards a pine tree branch at the top. Cranes are a symbol of longevity and are an auspicious motif.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1825 (late Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.874",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "kozuka",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Ishiguro",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 石黒政保; [Translation] Ishiguro Masayasu (kao)",
    "med": "shibuichi, silver, copper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6137"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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}