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{
    "localId": "5034",
    "label": "Kozuka of a Flintlock Pistol",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.752"
}

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    "id": "5034",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.752",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Kozuka of a Flintlock Pistol",
    "description": "On the front of the kozuka is a relief carving of a pistol, made of gold, silver and copper.  The subject matter is an interesting pairing with the traditional sword on which the kozuka would have been mounted. On the reverse is a landscape scene. The edge of a torii gate is visible on the right, with a path extending towards the left into trees. The artist's signature is also on the reverse.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1825 (late Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.752",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "kozuka",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.752_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.752_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 弘親; [Translation] Hirochika; [Inscription] 吉岳豊前介",
    "med": "shibuichi, gold, silver, copper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6506"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 3,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.752_MrkA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "mediaId": "6916f7ca63be4c60"
}