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    "localId": "40362",
    "label": "Tsuba with Fox's Wedding Procession",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1262.2"
}

{
    "id": "40362",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1262.2",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Fox's Wedding Procession",
    "description": "The fox's wedding procession (\"Kitsune yome-iri\") is said to occur when sun shines during a rain storm or when a small chain of distant lights can be seen at dusk. This subject also appears in paintings, such as examples by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) and Suzuki Kiitsu (1796-1858). The procession of foxes can be seen along the bottom of the tsuba on both sides. The bride is in the palanquin at the lower right on the front. This is part of a mounted set.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "late 18th-early 19th century (late Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1262.2",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1262.2_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1262.2_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 15/16 in. (7.4 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 元廣; [Translation] Motohiro (kao)",
    "med": "copper, shakudo, gold; copper, gold, silver",
    "creator_ids": [
        "4924"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.1262.2_MrkA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "mediaId": "e80066e4a1fc982f"
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