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    "localId": "9106",
    "label": "Mongaku Shonin in a Waterfall",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1223.3"
}

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    "id": "9106",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1223.3",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Mongaku Shonin in a Waterfall",
    "description": "The monk Mongaku (1139-1203; also known as Endô Moritô) is frequently depicted doing penance sitting under the Nachi waterfall. He almost froze to death under the waterfall, but was saved by Fudô Myô-ô. He became a monk after inadvertently killing his cousin rather than her husband. This is part of a mounted set in which all the pieces are related to Fudô Myô-ô.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "19th century (?) (Edo-Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1223.3",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "kozuka",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1223.3_MrkA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1223.3_MrkA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 6 in. (15.3 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 清次刻; [Transliteration] Kiyotsugu koku; [Translation] Engraved by Kiyotsugu",
    "med": "gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "16517"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.1223.3_MrkA_DD_JP09.jpg",
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