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{
    "localId": "37061",
    "label": "Tsuba with a Crow and a Heron on a Willow Branch",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.266"
}

{
    "id": "37061",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.266",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with a Crow and a Heron on a Willow Branch",
    "description": "In Japanese, the expression for speaking illogically is to argue that a crow is heron. The pairing of a heron and crow is a metaphor for the opposites of ying and yang. At the lower right of this tsuba, a crow and a heron perch on a willow branch. The heron is made of a silver alloy, while the crow is made in copper alloy. On the reverse, a moon appears at the top over a stream.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1800-1867 (late Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.266",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.266_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.266_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.266_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 6.7,
            "height": 6.2,
            "depth": 0.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 5/8 x 2 7/16 x 1/8 in. (6.7 x 6.2 x 0.36 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Yokoya School",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Signature]  江戸住　奈良作; [Transliteration] Edo jû Nara saku; [Translation] Living in Edo",
        "made by Nara"
    ],
    "med": "iron, silver, gold, shibuichi, shakudo, copper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "3079"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.266_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "mediaId": "28e72ce927ae65ff"
}