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    "localId": "5000",
    "label": "Helmet (\"\"Kabuto\"\")",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.625"
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    "id": "5000",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.625",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Helmet (\"\"Kabuto\"\")",
    "description": "Helmets of this shape were inspired by European helmets. This example suggests a snow capped Mt. Fuji. It has 65 plates and pointed rivets; the metal bars (\"yokodate\") at either side were probably added in the 19th century for attaching parade ornaments. The helmet has an inscription by Myochin Munesuke (1642-1735) or a follower spuriously dating it to 1186.",
    "provenance": "Bunkio Matsuki; Bunkio Matsuki Sale, A. A. Gallery, Feb. 10, 1906, no. 269; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1906, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "late 16th century (Momoyama)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.625",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "helmets"
    ],
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Namban Style; Saotome School",
    "inscriptions": "[Transcription] Inscribed: Bunji ni hei nen Masuda Izumo no Kami Myochin ki Munesuke tsukuru; [Translation] Inscribed: Made by Munesuke of the family guild known as Masuda under the Lord of Izumo in 1186 (spurious).",
    "med": "iron with lacquer",
    "creator_ids": [
        "7260"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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