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    "localId": "13585",
    "label": "Yanone",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/95.409"
}

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    "id": "13585",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/95.409",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Yanone",
    "description": "Soga Goro sharpens a double-tipped arrow on a large whetstone in preparation for the day when he and his brother will avenge their father's murder. The print depicts an actor in a Kabuki play. He assumes a dramatic pose, or \"mie,\" in order to make a powerful impression on the audience. His stylized wig and make-up are associated only with characters of strength and righteousness.",
    "provenance": "Herbert and Judith Harris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1991, by bequest.",
    "date": "1854 (late Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/95.409",
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    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "color woodcuts"
    ],
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    "source": "import"
}

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    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Utagawa School",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] On print: Toyokuni ga",
    "med": "pigments on mulberry paper",
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        "3275"
    ],
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