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    "localId": "19636",
    "label": "Tsuba with a Tiger and Dragon",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.93"
}

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    "id": "19636",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.93",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with a Tiger and Dragon",
    "description": "On the front of the tsuba, a lion crouches near bamboo growing by a stream while a storm rages overhead. On the back, a dragon emerges from clouds in the sky. This pairing of two of the strongest animals in Japanese tradition is a symbol of the power of religious faith (the dragon) over the temporal world (the tiger).",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1730-1798 (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.93",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.93_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "3 1/16 in. (7.7 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Omori School",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 大森英秀; [Translation] Omori Teruhide",
    "med": "shibuichi, silver, gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "3067"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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