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{
    "localId": "2262",
    "label": "Tsuba with a Horse",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.395"
}

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    "id": "2262",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.395",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with a Horse",
    "description": "This tsuba is made in the shape of a horse. The horse's legs are wrapped underneath it, giving the tsuba a generally circular shape. The hair of the horse is indicated by small incised lines throughout the tsuba. Horses are one of the zodiac animals and also used by warriors.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1st half 19th century (late Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.395",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.395_MrkA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.395_MrkA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 13/16 in. (7.2 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 江府住　宜秀; [Transliteration] Kôfu jû/Yoshihide; [Translation] Residing in Kôfu/Yoshihide",
    "med": "iron",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6634"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.395_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "mediaId": "b23b93bc787a19a7"
}