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    "localId": "5088",
    "label": "Suit of Armor (\"\"Gusoku\"\")",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.601"
}

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    "id": "5088",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.601",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Suit of Armor (\"\"Gusoku\"\")",
    "description": "Armor such as this was made for foot soldiers during the peaceful Edo period (1615-1868). The embossed ironwork was designed for fancy dress parades, not battle.",
    "provenance": "Bunkio Matsuki [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Bunkio Matsuki Sale, A. A. Gallery, Feb. 10, 1906, no. 183; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1906, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "late 18th century (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.601",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "body armor",
        "gusoku"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/ARG_51.601-51.1365.4-61.280_InstlA_UK.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/ARG_51.601-51.1365.4-61.280_InstlA_UK.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/ARG_51.601-51.1365.4-61.280_InstlA_UK.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 139.7,
            "height": 40.6,
            "depth": 50.8
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 55 x W: 16 x D: 20 in. (139.7 x 40.64 x 50.8 cm) approx."
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Forged Signature] Inscribed: Myochin Yasuchika",
    "RelatedObjects": [
        "98998",
        "98997",
        "98999",
        "99000",
        "99001",
        "99002",
        "99003"
    ],
    "med": "iron, mail, lacquer, gold, and textile",
    "creator_ids": [
        "4712"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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