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    "localId": "13285",
    "label": "Tsuba with Geese and Reeds",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.126"
}

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    "id": "13285",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.126",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Geese and Reeds",
    "description": "The front of this tsuba shows two geese in water among reeds. One goose is at the right, while is second is hidden among reeds on the lower left. On the back, a full moon can be seen through the clouds. These are popular motifs of autumn.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1715-1769 (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.126",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.126_Mrk_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7.5,
            "height": 7,
            "depth": 0.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 15/16 x 2 3/4 x 3/16 in. (7.5 x 7.01 x 0.45 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Hamano School",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 政隨; [Translation] Shôzui",
    "med": "sentoku, shibuichi and gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6114"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "mediaId": "d540f6b9aa77ceb4"
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