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{
    "localId": "37573",
    "label": "Tsuba witha Scene of Whale Hunting",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.161"
}

{
    "id": "37573",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.161",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba witha Scene of Whale Hunting",
    "description": "On the right side of this tsuba, a whale can be seen swimming through the ocean. At the upper right is a ship, which is possibly hunting the whale. The whale's realistic color is created though the use of a gold and copper alloy called shakudo. The reverse of the tsuba shows a seashore with shells.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1841 (late Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.161",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.161_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.161_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.161_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Sonobe School",
    "inscriptions": "[Transcription] 於忍岡之造; [Transliteration] Shinobu-no-oka ni oite kore o tsukuri; [Translation] This was made in Shinoba-no-Oka; [Transcription] 天保十二年仲春　園部芳英; [Transliteration] Tempo juni nen chushun/Sonobe Yoshihide; [Translation]  Early spring of the 12th year of the Tempo era (1841)/Sonobe Yoshihide.",
    "med": "silver alloy, shakudo, gold, and gold alloy",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2714"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.161_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "mediaId": "3b94f1ff81323d76"
}