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{
    "localId": "79617",
    "label": "Kozuka with Floral Scroll and Diamond Crests",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1247.3"
}

{
    "id": "79617",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1247.3",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Kozuka with Floral Scroll and Diamond Crests",
    "description": "The kozuka is decorated with two diamond crests (\"mon\") and a floral scroll pattern. This crest was used by multiple warrior clans. It could have indicated the owner of the set or could have been commissioned by a member of that clan as a gift. This is part of a mounted set.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "2nd half 19th century (late Edo-Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1247.3",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "kozuka",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1247.3_MrkA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1247.3_MrkA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1247.3_MrkA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 7 11/16 in. (19.6 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 石黒政近; [Translation] Ishiguro Masachika (kao)",
    "med": "silver, steel",
    "creator_ids": [
        "7050"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.1247.3_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "mediaId": "de6c2ef86e5fb0f5"
}