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    "localId": "39534",
    "label": "Short Sword with Black Lacquer Saya",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1261"
}

{
    "id": "39534",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1261",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Short Sword with Black Lacquer Saya",
    "description": "This blade was shortened from a large tachi, and appears to be a work by Tametsugu or a related smith working in the 14th century. It combines elements of the Soshu and Mino styles.The mounts for this blade include a black lacquer \"saya\" with polished cherry blossoms on a dull ground, and an elaborate \"kojiri\" of gold and silver with crayfish and waves. The piece also has a silver \"kurigata,\" a gold and copper \"kozuka\" handle with a whale, an inscription on the handle and blade, a gold \"habaki\" and \"seppa,\" a silver \"tsuba\" and \"fuchi,\" a gold \"menuki\" with two carp, a \"shibuichi\" and a gold \"kashira.\" Ray skin and ito-maki decorate the two-handed tsuka.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1871-1873 (Meiji-Nambokucho)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1261",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "short swords",
        "wakizashi",
        "blades",
        "tsuba",
        "fuchi",
        "kashira",
        "menuki",
        "kozuka",
        "kogai"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_51.1261_Fnt_BW_T89.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_51.1261_Fnt_BW_T89.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_51.1261_Fnt_BW_T89.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "21 15/16 in. (55.8 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] Takamoto Hidemune; [Signature] Fujiwara Kinmichi; [Transcription] Takamoto Hidemune/Meiji  yonen Kanoto-Hitsuji nagazuki; [Transcription] Meiji roku [ ]tsuki/Takamoto Hidemune; [Translation] Meiji 6 (1873)/Takamoto Hidemune; [Translation] Takamoto Hidemune/Meiji  4 (1871) {8th cycle} September",
    "med": "lacquer, steel, silver, gold, copper alloy, ray skinshibuichi",
    "creator_ids": [
        "4420",
        "4696",
        "4854"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL9_51.1261_Fnt_BW_T89.jpg",
    "mediaId": "34fdc7a7dd255b2f"
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