Ask the Scholar

{
    "localId": "25098",
    "label": "Tsuba with Tiger and Waterfall",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.379"
}

{
    "id": "25098",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.379",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Tiger and Waterfall",
    "description": "The tiger is common symbol of power in Japanese art. On this tsuba, the tiger is at the lower right. A stream is near it at the lower left. An unusual secondary hole is above the tiger on the right, along with a standard utility knife hole on the left. On the reverse is a waterfall.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "n.d.",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.379",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.379_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.379_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.379_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 3/8 in. (6.1 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "none",
    "med": "iron, copper, silver with gold detail",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6194"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

{
    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.379_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "mediaId": "dee30356e39a7298"
}