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{
    "localId": "13640",
    "label": "Fuchi with Cherry Blossoms Floating on Waves",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.907"
}

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    "id": "13640",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.907",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Fuchi with Cherry Blossoms Floating on Waves",
    "description": "Cherry blossoms and leaves are shown intermixed with waves. Cherry blossom season is widely celebrated in Japan, and cherry blossoms have come to be a symbol of the country. This kashira is part of a set with Walters 51.908.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "mid 19th century (Edo-Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.907",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "fuchi",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.907_SideB_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 市川英親; [Translation] Ichikawa Hideyori; [Inscription] 行年六十才; [Transliteration] gyônen rokujô sai; [Translation] age 60",
    "med": "silver alloy",
    "creator_ids": [
        "3897"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "mediaId": "26daf10855ca43b9"
}