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    "localId": "25108",
    "label": "Dagger with Cherry Blossoms",
    "core": "obj",
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    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1184"
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    "id": "25108",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1184",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Dagger with Cherry Blossoms",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1821 (late Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1184",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
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        "tsuba",
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    ],
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "tanto: 11 7/16 in. (29.1 cm) (l.)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Transcription] Amahide/Bunsei shi; [Translation] Amahide/Bunsei 4 (1821)",
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        "79328"
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    "med": "very dark brown lacquer, silver, gold, textile, steel",
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    ],
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    ],
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}

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