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Yeah that's basically it. The rear DS spokes need to be brought up high enough so you can get an OK tension on the NDS, so that ends up being reasonably high 120kgf ish. This is pretty high so need to avoid concentrating too much stress on the rim, so the nipple washers help with this , much like eyelets in the old days. The NDS and front spokes don't need to have such high tension so nipple washers are just unnecessary. Weight not really a consideration as they don't even weigh much.
In this case the 130mm OLD spaced wheels with 9-11sp cassettes generally are about as bad as you get with the amount of dish. Modern 135/142mm OLD spaced wheels are better in this regard.
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Intrigued with one detail of your wheel build ... why only use nipple washers on the DS? Higher tension on that side, ie not needed on NDS so why add weight? I think I've answered my own question there.