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    "localId": "32410",
    "label": "Kozuka with Kadori Myôjin and the Earthquake-fish",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.736"
}

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    "id": "32410",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.736",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Kozuka with Kadori Myôjin and the Earthquake-fish",
    "description": "The earthquake-fish (\"namazu\") is a large catfish with a body that resembles an eel. It was thought to live underneath the Japanese islands and cause earthquakes by its movements. The god Kadori Myôjin was thought to rub it with a gourd to help keep it quiet. The kozuka shows two figures with gourds attending to the earthquake-fish.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1586-1683 (Muromachi-Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.736",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "kozuka",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.736_MrkA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.736_MrkA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.736_MrkA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm) (l.)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Goto School",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] On kozuka: 後藤顯乘; [Translation] Gotô Kenjô",
    "med": "shakudo, details of gold, silver and copper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "16328"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.736_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "mediaId": "2617c3373092adfd"
}