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{
    "localId": "30252",
    "label": "Kozuka with Mountain Ascetics' Implements",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.667"
}

{
    "id": "30252",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.667",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Kozuka with Mountain Ascetics' Implements",
    "description": "These objects are associated with mountain ascetic known as \"yamabushi.\" On the left is a shakujô staff. The loose rings on the staff would jingle as the monk walked. In the middle is a straw hat. On the right is a form of sash worn by yamabushi known as a \"yuigesa.\" The reverse of the kozuka is gold.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1850 (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.667",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "kozuka",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.667_MrkA_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm) (l.)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Goto School",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 後藤光佀; [Tranlsation] Gotô Mitsutomo",
    "med": "shibuichi, gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2318"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.667_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "mediaId": "595a6091d0a48404"
}