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    "localId": "5127",
    "label": "Kozuka with Plum Blossoms",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1171.3"
}

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    "id": "5127",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1171.3",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Kozuka with Plum Blossoms",
    "description": "A branch of plum blossoms decorates the front of the kozuka. Plum blossoms are the first flowers of spring to bloom. This is part of a mounted set.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "18th century (?) (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1171.3",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "kozuka",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 8 9/16 in. (21.7 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] On blade: fujiwara kunitsugu...ise; [Translation] Fujiwara Kunitsugu of Ise",
    "med": "shakudo, silver, gold, steel",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6194"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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