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{
    "localId": "79647",
    "label": "Kozuka with Mule Emerging from Gourd",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1208.4"
}

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    "id": "79647",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1208.4",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Kozuka with Mule Emerging from Gourd",
    "description": "The horse at the upper left is emerging from the gourd at the lower right. This is an illustration of the idiom \"like a horse coming out of a gourd,\" which is used to describe unexpected things. The saying may have developed from stories of the Chinese immortal Chokaro (Ch. Zhang Guo [Chang Kuo]) who carried his magical mule in a gourd. This is part of a mounted set.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1850 (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1208.4",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "kozuka",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1208.4_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1208.4_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1208.4_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Inscription] Unread; [Signature] 藤義敬彫; [Transliteration] Fuji Yoshiyuki horu; [Translation] Carved by Fuji Yoshiyuki",
    "med": "silver, gold, brass",
    "creator_ids": [
        "4945"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.1208.4_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "mediaId": "8ba1832949791c55"
}