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{
    "localId": "1666",
    "label": "Tsuka with Gentian Crests",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1267.3"
}

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    "id": "1666",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1267.3",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuka with Gentian Crests",
    "description": "This tsuka is constructed as a single piece and does not have individual separate fuchi, kashira, and menuki. The main cartouche is decorated with a vine pattern and two gentian flower crests. This crest was widely used by families related to court nobles. It was most famously used by the Minamoto clan. This is part of a mounted set.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "19th century (Edo-Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1267.3",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsuka",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1267.3_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1267.3_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1267.3_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 6 1/16 in. (15.4 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "none",
    "med": "gold lacquer, shibuichi",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6194"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "mediaId": "f8eed7ac47fd4829"
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