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{
    "localId": "36549",
    "label": "Tsuba with a Netsuke, Inro, Money Pouch, and Fan",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.319"
}

{
    "id": "36549",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.319",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with a Netsuke, Inro, Money Pouch, and Fan",
    "description": "The background on this tsuba is executed is the fish egg (\"nanoko-ji\") style. At the bottom are displayed a netsuke, inro, and money pouch. These objects were attached to the belt of traditional Japanese kimono in order to carry small objects, including money. The netsuke is in the shape of a monkey. The netsuke is at the top of a cord connecting the other objects and serves as a counterweight to secure them to the belt (\"obi\"). The inro, often called a medicine case, comes first on the cord and the money pouch is last. On the reverse is a folding fan (\"sensu\"). This was also a commonly carried object.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1775-1852 (late Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.319",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.319_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.319_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.319_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 6.9,
            "height": 6.7,
            "depth": 0.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 11/16 x 2 5/8 x 3/16 in. (6.85 x 6.68 x 0.4 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 石黒政美; [Translation] Ishiguro Masayoshi (kao)",
    "med": "shakudo, gold, copper, coral, shibuichi",
    "creator_ids": [
        "4500"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.319_MrkA_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "mediaId": "c15ee8dfcc0f694b"
}