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{
    "localId": "4294",
    "label": "Tsuba with a Fallen Grave Maker",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.232"
}

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    "id": "4294",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.232",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with a Fallen Grave Maker",
    "description": "At the top of this tsuba, a bat in flight is shown in front of a slender crescent moon. At the bottom is a grave marker that has fallen over on its side. Next to the marker are chrysanthemums and a rock. A snake crawls across the top of the marker. This may be an allusion to a story about Ono no Komachi, a 9th-century poet. The story is told in the Noh play \"Sotoba Komachi.\"",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca.1650-1700 (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.232",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.232_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.232_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.232_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7.1,
            "height": 6.8,
            "depth": 0.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 13/16 x 2 11/16 x 1/8 in. (7.14 x 6.84 x 0.38 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Bonji inscription possibly containing the characters for Fugen Bosatsu and Senju Kannon in Sanskrit]; [Signature] 信時; [Translation] Nobutoki",
    "med": "iron, copper, gold, silver, shakudo",
    "creator_ids": [
        "4220"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.232_Mrk_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "mediaId": "893d3145a1787338"
}