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    "localId": "37379",
    "label": "Kozuka with Hotei and His Bag of Treasures",
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    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.842"
}

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    "id": "37379",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.842",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Kozuka with Hotei and His Bag of Treasures",
    "description": "Hotei is one of the seven gods of good fortune. He is most often depicted with his bag of treasures. He is behind the bag, leaning forward onto it. Hotei developed from both Taoist and Buddhist beliefs.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "19th century (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.842",
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    "language": "en",
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        "Arms & Armor",
        "kozuka",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
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    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm) (l.)"
}

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    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "none",
    "med": "shakudo, gold, copper",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
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    ],
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