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    "localId": "5429",
    "label": "Dagger (tanto) with Blossoming Cherry Trees",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1158"
}

{
    "id": "5429",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1158",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Dagger (tanto) with Blossoming Cherry Trees",
    "description": "The dagger (tanto) was designed primarily as a stabbing weapon, but the edge can be used for slashing as well. The dagger was carried by samurai, and sometimes worn in place of the short sword (wakizashi) in a daisho set, especially on the battlefield. This dagger is decorated with a line of blossoming cherry trees, an indication of the spring season, representing the ephemerality of life.",
    "date": "ca. 16th-early 19th century (Edo period; Meiji period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1158",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "daggers",
        "hamidashi",
        "Tanto blade",
        "tsuba",
        "fuchi",
        "kashira",
        "kozuka",
        "saya",
        "tsuka"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1158_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1158_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1158_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 42.5,
            "height": 3.5,
            "depth": 5.3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall L: 16 3/4 × W: 1 3/8 × D: 2 1/16 in. (42.5 × 3.5 × 5.3 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] Masatsugu; [Signature] Egawa Toshimasa; [Signature] Iwamoto Konkan; [Transcription] Rifudo konen nana-ju-ichi sai Masayuki; [Translation] Rifudo (studio name) seventyone year old Masayuki",
    "RelatedObjects": 29889,
    "med": "Steel, copper alloy (shibuichi), gold-copper alloy (shakudo), gold, silver, lacquer, wood",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2346",
        "3893",
        "5392",
        "2525"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "mediaId": "feb66cd22ca59f71"
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