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{
    "localId": "39442",
    "label": "Tsuba with a Horse Among Cherry Blossoms",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.189"
}

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    "id": "39442",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.189",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with a Horse Among Cherry Blossoms",
    "description": "This tsuba illustrates a Chinese poem about a horse pawing fallen cherry blossoms, which restored their fragrance. The horse is shown in the lower right, under a cherry tree that occupies the right side of the tsuba. Along the bottom of the tsuba are dandelions. The reverse side shows the back of the same scene.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1870 (Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.189",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.189_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.189_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.189_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 6.8,
            "height": 6.3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 11/16 x W: 2 1/2 in. (6.8 x 6.3 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Date] 庚午「」「」; [Transliteration] Kanoe-uma [ ][ ]; [Translation] 1870; [Seal] [unread]; [Signature] 貞幹道人; [Translation] Teikan Dojin",
    "med": "iron and gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2479"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.189_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "mediaId": "4da791a318e267ba"
}