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{
    "localId": "22406",
    "label": "Tsuba with Seven Scenes by Different Artists",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.410"
}

{
    "id": "22406",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.410",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Seven Scenes by Different Artists",
    "description": "This tsuba is decorated with seven different scenes that are individually signed on silver cartouches. On the right side of the front is the Chinese immortal Chinnan (Ch. Chen Nan [Ch'en Nan]). He conjured a dragon from a gourd and ordered the dragon to provide rain to a drought-afflicted area. At the lower edge is a carp in a stream. Near the opening for the utility knife is a scene of bamboo, plum tree and the moon. At the upper left is a landscape scene of birds near a stream with rocks and grasses. On the reverse, four fish (tai and ayu) decorate the bottom section. On the left is a scene of a pavilion on a cliff. At the top are sea shells.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "n.d.",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.410",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.410_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.410_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.410_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 15/16 in. (7.4 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Inscription] Masa (?); [Inscription] Arikawa; (kao); [Inscription] Nao; [Inscription] Shinichi; [Inscription] Masaharu; (kao)",
    "med": "iron, silver, gilt",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6194"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 3,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.410_MrkA_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "mediaId": "f23010d8d3c17dd1"
}