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    "localId": "17750",
    "label": "Tsuba with Buddha and Demon in Mountains",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.304"
}

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    "id": "17750",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.304",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Buddha and Demon in Mountains",
    "description": "Depictions of a rocky mountain surround fill this tsuba. At the upper left is Buddha, who is identifiable by his robes and halo around his head. At the lower right is a demon. On the reverse are more moutains and trees.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1842-1873 (late Edo-Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.304",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.304_MrkA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 8.5,
            "height": 7.7,
            "depth": 0.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 3 5/16 x W: 3 1/16 x D: 3/16 in. (8.45 x 7.72 x 0.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Tanaka School",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 良次制; [Transliteration] Yoshitsugu sei; [Translation] Made by Yoshitsugu",
    "med": "iron, gold, copper, shibuichi, lead, shakudo",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2644"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.304_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "mediaId": "af063eac371b3644"
}