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{
    "localId": "5935",
    "label": "Tsuba witha  Peasant Woman with Panier",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.184"
}

{
    "id": "5935",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.184",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba witha  Peasant Woman with Panier",
    "description": "In this tsuba, a farming woman stands outside her hut. With the two baskets in her hands, she is probably winnowing grains. Blossoms appear in the pine tree behind her. On the reverse are magnolia flowers. This may be a reference to a folk story.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "first half 19th century (late Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.184",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.184_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.184_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.184_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 5.8,
            "height": 5,
            "depth": 0.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 5/16 x 1 15/16 x 1/8 in. (5.8 x 5 x 0.37 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Mito School",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 打越元安; [Translation] Uchikoshi Motoyasu",
    "med": "shakudo, copper, gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6691"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.184_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "mediaId": "fab0199c9a58f858"
}