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{
    "localId": "20682",
    "label": "Dagger (aikuchi) with cherry blossoms (includes 51.1198.1-51.1198.2)",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1198"
}

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    "id": "20682",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1198",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Dagger (aikuchi) with cherry blossoms (includes 51.1198.1-51.1198.2)",
    "date": "- 1877 (late Edo; Meiji; Muromachi)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1198",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "daggers",
        "aikuchi",
        "Tanto blade",
        "fuchi",
        "kashira",
        "menuki",
        "kozuka",
        "saya",
        "tsuka"
    ],
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "16 3/4 in. (42.6 cm) (l.) mounted aikuchi"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] Toshikage; [Transcription] Naotsuku (no) Tsushu; [Translation] Naotsuku of Tsushu",
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    "med": "Black lacquer, steel, silver, gold, shakudo",
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    ],
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    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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