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{
    "localId": "864",
    "label": "Fuchi with Fukurokujû or Daruma on a Boat",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.956"
}

{
    "id": "864",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.956",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Fuchi with Fukurokujû or Daruma on a Boat",
    "description": "A figure in Chinese robes is shown sitting in the prow of a boat. This is either the god of longevity, Fukurokujû, or the founder of Zen Buddhism, Daruma. Resting on a stand in front of him is a sacred jewel, which represents wealth and wisdom. This is part of a set with Walters 51.957.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1827-1857 (late Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.956",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "fuchi",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.956_MrkA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.956_MrkA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.956_MrkA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm) (l.)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Inscription] On Fuchi: 遊故郷; [Transliteration] asobi furusato; [Translation] playing around in my home town",
        "Echigo; [Signature] On Fuchi: 春明法眼; [Translation] Haruaki Hôgen (kao)"
    ],
    "RelatedObjects": 31537,
    "med": "shakudo, gold, copper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "4557"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.956_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "mediaId": "a82249091cda53ec"
}