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    "localId": "326",
    "label": "Kozuka with Cicada on a Pine Tree Trunk",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1305"
}

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    "id": "326",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1305",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Kozuka with Cicada on a Pine Tree Trunk",
    "description": "In the bottom half of the composition, a large cicada bug climbs up a pine tree. Diagonal lines indicate wind and are most visible through the pine needles in the upper portion.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1st half 19th century (late Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1305",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "kozuka",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1305_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "3 13/16 in. (9.7 cm) (l.)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 皆山應起; [Translation] Minayama Masaoki (kao)",
    "med": "shibuichi, gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2854"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.1305_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "mediaId": "aa85fe2fbc603d65"
}