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    "localId": "38506",
    "label": "Kozuka with a Dragon Holding a Sword",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.816"
}

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    "id": "38506",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.816",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Kozuka with a Dragon Holding a Sword",
    "description": "A dragon is depicted holding a sword in one of its claws. The sword is a double edged ceremonial sword, known as a \"ken,\" with a vajra handle.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1796-1835 (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.816",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "kozuka",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.816_MrkA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.816_MrkA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.816_MrkA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm) (l.)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Signature] On kozuka: 水府住 玉川美久; [Transliteration] Suifu jû  Tamagawa Yoshihisa (kao); [Translation]  Living in Suifu Mito",
        "Tamagawa Yoshihisa"
    ],
    "med": "shakudo, gold, silver",
    "creator_ids": [
        "3516"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
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    "mediaId": "dc2ceda8ca5c9611"
}