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{
    "localId": "17555",
    "label": "Short Sword with Chrysanthemums on the Fittings",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1257"
}

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    "id": "17555",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1257",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Short Sword with Chrysanthemums on the Fittings",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1800 (late Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1257",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "short swords",
        "wakizashi blade",
        "tsuba",
        "fuchi",
        "kashira",
        "menuki",
        "kozuka",
        "saya",
        "tsu"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_51.1257_Fnt_BW.jpg",
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "21 5/16 in. (54.1 cm) (l.)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Signature] Ichigyokudo Eizui; [Transcription] Choshu ju Fujiwara Kiyoshige saku; [Translation] Made by Kiyoshige",
        "of the Fujiwara clan",
        "living in Choshu province"
    ],
    "RelatedObjects": [
        "17973",
        "79670",
        "79669",
        "79671"
    ],
    "med": "lacquer, silver, gold, copper alloy, wood",
    "creator_ids": [
        "7043",
        "2943"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ARM",
        "JPK"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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}