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    "localId": "27537",
    "label": "Kozuka with Mt. Fuji",
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    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.735"
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    "id": "27537",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.735",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Kozuka with Mt. Fuji",
    "description": "Mt. Fuji is depicted here made of silver. Mt. Fuji is a sacred mountain and a common pilgrimage site during the Edo period. The view of Mt. Fuji is an iconic image of Japan. The kozuka is signed on the reverse, within a gold inset.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1739-1804 (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.735",
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    "language": "en",
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        "Arms & Armor",
        "kozuka",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm) (l.)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Goto School",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] On kozuka: 後藤見光守儔; [Translation] Gotô Mitsumori (kao)",
    "med": "shakudo, silver, gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6593"
    ],
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    ],
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}

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