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{
    "localId": "25094",
    "label": "Tsuba with Fudû Myô-ô",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.362"
}

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    "id": "25094",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.362",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Fudû Myô-ô",
    "description": "This tsuba depicts Fudô Myô-ô, the Immovable Bright King, who is shown in a cave at the right. Fudô is a deity in the Buddhist pantheon. He holds a sword in one hand and a rope in another to combat evil. His fierce expression is intended to ward off evil, not to scare worshippers. There is a waterfall at the left of the tsuba. On the reverse, a pine tree is at the left and a waterfall is at the right.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1701-1761 (mid Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.362",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.362_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.362_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.362_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Seal] 永春; [Translation] Nagaharu",
    "med": "shakudo, gold, silver",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6216"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.362_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "mediaId": "95f2d3b2eb1306ef"
}