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    "localId": "18446",
    "label": "Fuchi with Magpies on a Bridge",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1090"
}

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    "id": "18446",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1090",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Fuchi with Magpies on a Bridge",
    "description": "Three magpies are shown on a bridge over a stream. At the left is maiden flower.  Magpies are associated with the festival of Tanabata because they were said to form a bridge with their wings which allowed the lovers Orihime and Hikoboshi to meet. The lovers are depicted on the matching kashira, Walters 51.1091.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "mid 19th century (late Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1090",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "fuchi",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1090_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm) (l.)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 明親鐫; [Translation] Akichika horu",
    "med": "shakudo, gold, silver",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6212"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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