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{
    "localId": "39419",
    "label": "Tsuba with Taoist Immortals and Their Animals",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.103"
}

{
    "id": "39419",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.103",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Taoist Immortals and Their Animals",
    "description": "This heavily decorated tsuba shows six Taoist immortals. The front depicts Chôkarô on his magic mule, Kinko riding a carp, and Gama on a carp. On the back are Koan riding a tortoise, Chochika sitting on a mat, and Gomo carrying a fan. The back also shows a pair of cranes in flight. Cranes are said to live for a thousand years and often appear with Immortals. The stylized waves in the background may be a reference to the Island of the Immortals.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown];  Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1st half 18th century (mid Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.103",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.103_MrkA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.103_MrkA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.103_MrkA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] Obverse: 藻柄子喜多河　入道宗典製; [Translation] Mogarashi Kitagawa/nyudo Soten Sei; [Transcription] On reverse: 江州　彦根住; [Transliteration] Go no Kuni/Hikone Ju; [Translation] Inscribed: Omi Province/Living in Hikone.",
    "med": "shakudo with silver alloy, gold, and copper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6565"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.103_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "mediaId": "8263ab1e38cb7484"
}