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{
    "localId": "29841",
    "label": "Dagger (tanto) with Yamabushi and tengu masks (includes 51.1187.1-51.1187.5)",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1187"
}

{
    "id": "29841",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1187",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Dagger (tanto) with Yamabushi and tengu masks (includes 51.1187.1-51.1187.5)",
    "provenance": "Acquired by Henry Walters before 1931",
    "date": "1800-1825 (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1187",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "daggers",
        "tanto",
        "Tanto blade",
        "tsuba",
        "fuchi",
        "kashira",
        "menuki",
        "kozuka",
        "saya",
        "tsuka"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1187_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1187_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1187_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "17 15/16 in. (45.5 cm) (l.) mounted tanto"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Signature] Nyokassai Yasuichi; [Transcription] Echizen ju Shimosaka; [Transcription] Ushi (ni) oite [ ][ ] Kinjo ; [Translation] [ ][ ] Kinjo",
        "in Ushu province; [Translation] Shimosaka",
        "living in Echizen"
    ],
    "RelatedObjects": [
        "29658",
        "10360",
        "9289",
        "79341"
    ],
    "med": "Black lacquer, wood, steel, copper alloy, silver, shakudo, gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "5353",
        "2308",
        "7077"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.1187_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "mediaId": "7d3b7a97bf96cf9e"
}