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{
    "localId": "13798",
    "label": "Fuchi with Cherry Blossoms in Clouds",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1102"
}

{
    "id": "13798",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1102",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Fuchi with Cherry Blossoms in Clouds",
    "description": "The trunk of a cherry tree and branches with blossoms amidst clouds are shown on this fuchi. The brief period when cherry blossoms bloom is celebrated every spring. The matching kashira is Walters 51.1103.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1848-1898 (late Edo-Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1102",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "fuchi",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1102_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1102_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm) (l.)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 夏雄; [Translation] Natsuo; [Seal] 古意; [Translation] Koi; [Number] In pencil: x 28",
    "RelatedObjects": 16097,
    "med": "silver, copper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "3841"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "mediaId": "21eb2a999e87a0c5"
}