Ask the Scholar

{
    "localId": "3686",
    "label": "Short Sword with Buddhist Deities and Dragon",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1201"
}

{
    "id": "3686",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1201",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Short Sword with Buddhist Deities and Dragon",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1825-1875 (Edo; Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1201",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "daggers",
        "hamidashi",
        "ko-wakizashi blade",
        "fuchi",
        "kashira",
        "menuki",
        "kozuka",
        "kogai",
        "saya",
        "tsuka"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_51.1201_Gp_BW.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_51.1201_Gp_BW.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_51.1201_Gp_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "mounted ko-wakizashi blade: 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm) (l.)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Forged Signature] Bishu Osafune Norimitsu",
        "dated 1412; [Signature] Akihiro saku; [Translation] [ ][ ] han/Koka saku; [Translation] Made by Akihiro; [Translation] Made by Koka? of [ ][ ] province; [Translation] Norimitsu of Osafune",
        "Bizen province",
        "1412"
    ],
    "RelatedObjects": [
        "13578",
        "10784",
        "79513",
        "79512"
    ],
    "med": "lacquer, steel, silver, gold, ray skin, copper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "5003",
        "3466"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ARM",
        "JPK"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

{
    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL9_51.1201_Gp_BW.jpg",
    "mediaId": "fb763e30dbb94583"
}