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    "localId": "40408",
    "label": "Dagger (aikuchi) with sea life among waves (includes 51.1197.1-51.1197.3)",
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    "id": "40408",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1197",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Dagger (aikuchi) with sea life among waves (includes 51.1197.1-51.1197.3)",
    "description": "Bonji on blade: 1st - Fudo Myo-o; 2nd - Konkara Doji; 3rd - Mato Kannon; 4th - Unknown.",
    "date": "Ca. 1854 (late Edo-Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1197",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
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        "aikuchi",
        "Tanto blade",
        "fuchi",
        "saya",
        "tsuka"
    ],
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    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "13 9/16 in. (34.5 cm) (l.) moutned aikuchi"
}

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    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] Taikei Naotane; [Signature] Kiyotsugu; [Signature] Yoshiaki",
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    "med": "Silver, steel, gold, copper alloy, shakudo, brass, mother-of-pearl",
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    "exhibition_ids": []
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