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{
    "localId": "13718",
    "label": "Tsuka with Dragon, Clouds, and Waves",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1269.3"
}

{
    "id": "13718",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1269.3",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuka with Dragon, Clouds, and Waves",
    "description": "This tsuka is made as one piece, without separate fuchi, kashira and menuki. A fierce dragon is wrapped around a background of clouds and waves. Dragons are associated with water, so they are often depicted with clouds or waves. The inscription seems to be from a 12th-century text written in Chinese, followed by the artist's name. This is part of a mounted set.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1831-1889 (late Edo-Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1269.3",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsuka",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1269.3_MrkB_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1269.3_MrkB_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1269.3_MrkB_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 6,
    "pageCount": 6,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Inscription] 大江匡圀属余制否神剣為試剛刀; [Transliteration] Ôe Masakuni",
        "zoku yo sei hi",
        "kami katana tame shi",
        "goto; [Signature] 一柳友壽; [Translation] Ichiryû Tomotoshi"
    ],
    "med": "silver, gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "4406"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.1269.3_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "mediaId": "d6a71a73c9798497"
}