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    "localId": "39",
    "label": "Tsuba with Waves",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1219.2"
}

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    "id": "39",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1219.2",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Waves",
    "description": "Stylized waves with foam highlighted in gold fill the tsuba. This is part of a mounted set.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1776 (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1219.2",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1219.2_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1219.2_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1219.2_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 5.6,
            "height": 4.3,
            "depth": 0.6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 3/16 x W: 1 11/16 x D: 1/4 in. (5.6 x 4.3 x 0.6 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Signature]  大森英秀; [Translation] Ômori Teruhide (kao); [Date] 安永五申霜月; [Translation] Ansei 5",
        "saru",
        "shimotuki",
        "[illegible]; [Translation] 1776",
        "year of the monkey",
        "11th month"
    ],
    "med": "silver, shibuichi, gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "3067"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "mediaId": "f79bd32b0fcddc3d"
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