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    "localId": "30369",
    "label": "Tsuba with Daruma",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.213"
}

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    "id": "30369",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.213",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Daruma",
    "description": "The figure at the lower left of this tsuba is Daruma, the Chinese monk who founded Zen Buddhism by mediating in a cave. In his hand he holds a fly whisk executed in silver. The five characters on the left side of the tsuba are a quote from the Flower Ornament Sutra: \"Everything you experience is a reflection of what is in your heart.\" On the back is a ruyi scepter often carried by Buddhist monks. The rough nature of the tsuba's background is an appropriate pairing with a depiction of Daruma because he advocated a life of simplicity.",
    "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/51.213",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 6.8,
            "height": 6.5,
            "depth": 0.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 11/16 x 2 9/16 x 3/16 in. (6.8 x 6.5 x 0.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[inscription] 心外無別法; [Transliteration] shinge mu beppô",
    "med": "iron, silver, gold, shakudo",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6194"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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