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    "localId": "79593",
    "label": "Kozuka with Autumn Flowers",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1258.4"
}

{
    "id": "79593",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1258.4",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Kozuka with Autumn Flowers",
    "description": "The front of the kozuka is decorated with chrysanthemums, grasses and a grasshopper. There is an unusual inscription on the blade stating that the fittings were made under the supervision of a Satô Toyozo and belonged to a Kuruhara Yoshitoku. This is part of a mounted set in which all pieces are decorated with autumn flowers and signed by Ishiguro Masatsune.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisiton unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1866 (Edo-Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1258.4",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "kozuka",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1258.4_MrkA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1258.4_MrkA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1258.4_MrkA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 6 3/4 in. (17.2 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 石黒政常; [Translation] Ishiguro Masatsune (kao); [Inscription] On blade: 来原好徳所蔵　金具一切作之　管下佐藤豊三; [Transliteration] Kuruhara Yoshitoku shozô / Kanagu issai saku no (or kore) / Kanka Sato Toyozo; [Translation] Belongs to Kuruhara Yoshitoku / all the metal fittings were made / under the supervision of Satô Toyozo",
    "med": "silver, gold, sentoku",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2385"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.1258.4_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "mediaId": "a2349efb550d36c9"
}