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{
    "localId": "37033",
    "label": "Tsuba with Autumn Flora and Insects",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.392"
}

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    "id": "37033",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.392",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Autumn Flora and Insects",
    "description": "This tsuba has a raised rim decorated with a crawling spider, maple leaf and cherry blossom. The body of the tsuba has pampas grass on the left and chrysanthemums on the right. Along the bottom is a grasshopper. Two crickets are in the pampas grass at the upper left. This tsuba is one of a pair with Walters 51.391 and had a matching lacquer box.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "18th century (mid Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.392",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.392_MrkA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.392_MrkA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.392_MrkA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "3 1/16 in. (7.7 cm) (diam.)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Transcription] 越前府住　春田廣次; [Transliteration] Echizen fu jû/Haruta Hirotsugu; [Translation] Residing in Echizen (province)/Haruta Hirotsugu",
    "med": "iron, copper, gold, and copper alloy",
    "creator_ids": [
        "4622"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "mediaId": "002c332054fa24b1"
}