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    "localId": "38326",
    "label": "Kozuka with Two Crabs",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.681"
}

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    "id": "38326",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.681",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Kozuka with Two Crabs",
    "description": "On the right of the kozuka are two crabs. On the left is the ocean. The so-called fish egg patterning (\"nanako-ji\") creates the appearance of sand. The kozuka has a gold rim and reverse side.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1695-1733 (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.681",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "kozuka",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.681_MrkA_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Yokoya School",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 宗珉; [Translation] Sômin",
    "med": "copper, gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "4419"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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}