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    "localId": "17182",
    "label": "Long Sword with Fittings of Rabbits on Waves",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1236"
}

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    "id": "17182",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1236",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Long Sword with Fittings of Rabbits on Waves",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 18th century (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1236",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "swords",
        "katana blade",
        "tsuba",
        "fuchi",
        "kashira",
        "saya",
        "tsuka"
    ],
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "mounted katana: 35 13/16 in. (91 cm) (l.)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Forged Signature] Inoue Shinkai/Kanbun hachi; [Signature] Yoshioka Shigesada; [Signature] Kurowa Katsubumi; [Transcription] Inoue Shinkai/Kanbun hachi; [Translation] Inoue Shinkai/Kanbun 8 (1668)",
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        "20957",
        "79672"
    ],
    "med": "dark brown lacquer, silver, gilded copper, copper alloy",
    "creator_ids": [
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        "6730"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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