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{
    "localId": "30155",
    "label": "Tsuba with New Year's Decorations",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.360"
}

{
    "id": "30155",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.360",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with New Year's Decorations",
    "description": "The objects on the tsuba are part of the decoration and celebration of New Years. On the right, three rice cakes are stacked on a stand with a branch of flowering plum behind them. At the lower left are pine boughs, which symbolize longevity. On the reverse is a fish head on a stick and holly leaves. This is a decoration that was attached to door frames to ward off demons.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1775-1800 (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.360",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 知壽; [Translation] Tomotoshi (kao)",
    "med": "shibuichi, copper, gold, silver",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6306"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.360_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "mediaId": "38fd54837fd3a526"
}