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    "localId": "29240",
    "label": "Long Sword Blade (\"\"Katana\"\")",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1259.1"
}

{
    "id": "29240",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1259.1",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Long Sword Blade (\"\"Katana\"\")",
    "description": "The sword of the fierce Buddhist deity Fudo Myo-o slays passions; his noose ensnares beings who do not pay him homage.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1534 (Muromachi)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1259.1",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "blades (tool and equipment components)"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_51.1259.1_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Full blade including metal hilt: L: 34 5/16 in. (87.1 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Transcription] Inscribed: bizen (no) kuni ju osafune yosazaemonjo sukesada saku; [Translation] Made by Yosazaemonjo Sukesada",
        "of Osafune",
        "Bizen province."
    ],
    "med": "steel",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6762"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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