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    "localId": "6782",
    "label": "Tsuba with Cranes and Blossoming Plum at Water's Edge",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.293"
}

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    "id": "6782",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.293",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Cranes and Blossoming Plum at Water's Edge",
    "description": "Two cranes stand below a blossoming plum tree at the lower right of this tsuba. Waves are shown on the lower left. Cranes are a symbol of immortality. On the reverse, another blossoming plum tree is shown along the left edge with rocks at its base.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1818-1892 (late Edo-Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.293",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.293_MrkA_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 11/16 in. (6.9 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 今井永武; [Translation] Imai Nagatake",
    "med": "shakudo (?), gold, silver",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2218"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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