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{
    "localId": "38659",
    "label": "Tsuba with Herons",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.339"
}

{
    "id": "38659",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.339",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Herons",
    "description": "This tsuba shows two herons near a stream and reeds. On the front, a heron is airborne at the upper left, above the secondary hole. The second heron is at the lower right, below the other secondary hole. A stream winds along the bottom and reeds grow near the stream. The reeds make this an autumn scene. On the reverse, a stream and reeds are shown at the lower right.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1817-1870 (Edo period)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.339",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.339_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.339_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.339_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7,
            "height": 6.4,
            "depth": 0.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 2 3/4 × W: 2 1/2 × D: 3/16 in. (7 × 6.4 × 0.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Goto School",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 松吟亭　東明; [Translation] Shôgintei Tômei (kao)",
    "dynasty": "Edo period",
    "med": "copper alloy, gold, silver",
    "creator_ids": [
        "4359"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 3,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.339_MrkA_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "mediaId": "21d78cb28ef418cb"
}