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{
    "localId": "36535",
    "label": "Tsuba with Gingko Leaf, Plum Blossom and Chrysanthemum",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.408"
}

{
    "id": "36535",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.408",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Gingko Leaf, Plum Blossom and Chrysanthemum",
    "description": "On the front of this tsuba, a plum blossom decorates the upper right. At the bottom is a gingko leaf. A chrysanthemum flower surrounds the central opening for the sword blade. On the reverse is the branch of a Japanese pepper tree with sanshô nuts.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1558-1631 (Momoyama; early Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.408",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.408_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.408_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 11/16 in. (6.9 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Signature] 山城国西陣住　埋忠明壽; [Transliteration] Yamashiro (no) kuni Nishijin jû/Umetada Myôju [saku?] (kao); [Translation] Living in Nishijin",
        "Yamashiro province/ Made by (?) Umetada Myôju"
    ],
    "med": "iron, gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6511"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.408_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "mediaId": "f37c57be65b0bd89"
}