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    "localId": "10035",
    "label": "Tsuba with Crane Walking on Pine Needles",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.235"
}

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    "id": "10035",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.235",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Crane Walking on Pine Needles",
    "description": "On the front of the tsuba, a crane stands on gold pine leaves looking up towards clouds. The crane is a symbol of longevity and is considered a felicitous motif. On the reverse is a blossoming cherry tree.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1791-1876 (late Edo-Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.235",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 5.9,
            "height": 5.1,
            "depth": 0.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 5/16 x 2 x 3/16 in. (5.87 x 5.08 x 0.45 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Goto School",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 伯應作; [Transliteration] Hakuo saku; [Translation] Made by Hakuo",
    "med": "iron, gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "4468"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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