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{
    "localId": "37440",
    "label": "Tsuba with Carp",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.226"
}

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    "id": "37440",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.226",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Carp",
    "description": "The body of this tsuba is comprised of carps. Most are swimming in a clockwise direction around the tsuba. Their scales are highlighted with gold gilding. Carps are a felicitous motif and a symbol of longevity.",
    "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/51.226",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.226_MrkA_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.226_MrkA_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.226_MrkA_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7.1,
            "height": 6.9,
            "depth": 0.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 3/4 x 2 11/16 x 3/16 in. (7.06 x 6.85 x 0.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Signature] 光廣　肥前国矢上住; [Transliteration] hizen yagami jû/mitsuhiro; [Ttranslation] residing in Yagami",
        "Hizen province/Mitsuhiro"
    ],
    "med": "iron, gilt, copper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "4413"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "mediaId": "eb67468e6b425008"
}