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    "localId": "39409",
    "label": "Katana sword with saya of red-brown lacquer and mother-of-pearl- inlay (includes 51.1209.1-51.1209.4)",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1209"
}

{
    "id": "39409",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1209",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Katana sword with saya of red-brown lacquer and mother-of-pearl- inlay (includes 51.1209.1-51.1209.4)",
    "description": "Red-brown lacquer saya with mother-of-pearl inlay. Kojiri, menuki, kashira of silver and gold. Kurigata and koiguchi black lacquer. Gold seppa. Tsuba of iron and shibuichi.",
    "date": "1866 (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1209",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "long sword",
        "katana",
        "Katana blade",
        "tsuba",
        "fuchi",
        "kashira",
        "menuki",
        "saya",
        "tsuka"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_51.1209_Mrk_DD_T12.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_51.1209_Mrk_DD_T12.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_51.1209_Mrk_DD_T12.jpg",
    "imageCount": 5,
    "pageCount": 5,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "38 3/8 in. (97.5 cm) (l.) mounted katana"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Poem] Asa tareya",
        "Matsu no na[ ]sa",
        "kumo ni fuji ko-yuki; [Signature] Nobuteru; [Transcription] Chikuzen ju Minamoto Nobukuni Yoshikatsu; [Transcription] Ichijo Fujinobu Keio ni no tora/Hongo Aimitsu; [Translation] Morning pines in the clouds wisteria light snow; [Translation] Nobukuni Yoshikatsu",
        "of the Minamoto clan",
        "living in Chikuzen province; [Translation] Hongo Aimitsu/Keio 2 (1866) year of the tiger"
    ],
    "RelatedObjects": [
        "27772",
        "9069",
        "79190"
    ],
    "med": "Red-brown lacquer, black lacquer, shibuichi, iron, steel, silver, gold, mother-of-pearl",
    "creator_ids": [
        "3328",
        "5555",
        "3798"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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