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{
    "localId": "35471",
    "label": "Tsuba with Lion Dancers",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.105"
}

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    "id": "35471",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.105",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Lion Dancers",
    "description": "The lion dance is usually performed as part of the New Year's celebrations. On this tsuba, two performers dance in the lion costume, along with a third masked figure who is also part of the dance. The lion dance tradition developed in China from a belief that the dance would protect villages from evil spirits. Stylized lions such as this are known as Chinese lions (shishi) in Japan. A willow tree decorates the back and its boughs also appear in the upper portion of the front side. The tsuba is signed with a seal on the reverse.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by beqeust.",
    "date": "1815 (late Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.105",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.105_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.105_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7.7,
            "height": 7,
            "depth": 0.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "3 1/16 x 2 3/4 x 3/16 in. (7.7 x 7.03 x 0.42 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Seal] 昆寿; [Translation] Konju",
    "med": "sentoku, shibuichi with gold, silver and copper detail",
    "creator_ids": [
        "4934"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.105_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "mediaId": "fdf1f04bc1665515"
}