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    "localId": "5652",
    "label": "Tsuba with the Taoist Immortal Taishin O Fujin",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.216"
}

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    "id": "5652",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.216",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with the Taoist Immortal Taishin O Fujin",
    "description": "On the right side of this tsuba is the Taoist immortal Taishin O Fujin. She is riding a white dragon and playing a harp. Along the bottom and upper left of the tsuba are waves. On the reverse are five plovers flying over waves.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "18th century (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.216",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 6.2,
            "height": 5.8,
            "depth": 0.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 7/16 x 2 5/16 x 3/16 in. (6.15 x 5.8 x 0.46 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Seal] Naoshige; [Signature] 尚茂　鉄元堂正楽; [Translation] Tetsugendo Shoraku",
    "med": "iron, gold, silver",
    "creator_ids": [
        "4695"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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