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    "localId": "29615",
    "label": "Fuchi with Foxes",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1262.3A"
}

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    "id": "29615",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1262.3A",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Fuchi with Foxes",
    "description": "Two foxes are shown near a cluster of chrysanthemums. The one on the right holds a lit torch. This is a reference to fox-fire (\"kitsune-bi\"), which foxes were said to generate. The fuchi is part of a mounted set.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1800-1825 (late Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1262.3A",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "fuchi",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 如雲斎　弘寿; [Translation] Jounsai Hirotoshi (kao)",
    "med": "copper, gold, shakudo",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2648"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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