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{
    "localId": "79529",
    "label": "Tsuka with Dragons",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1296.3b"
}

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    "id": "79529",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1296.3b",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuka with Dragons",
    "description": "The kashira matches the other metal work of this set with a gold dragon flying through swirling clouds. One menuki is in the shape of another gold dragon. The other menuki has been lost. This is part of a mounted set.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1868-1912 (?) (Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1296.3b",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsuka",
        "menuki",
        "kashira",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1296.3b_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1296.3b_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1296.3b_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Signature] Kunimori; [Transcription] Koke kami Taira shin Masayoshi; [Translation] Masayoshi",
        "a vassal of the Taira at Hoki 1789"
    ],
    "med": "silver, gold, silk cord",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6194"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "mediaId": "0f065c1024e57f4f"
}