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{
    "localId": "7623",
    "label": "Sword (katana) with black lacquer with green netting",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1259"
}

{
    "id": "7623",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1259",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Sword (katana) with black lacquer with green netting",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown];  Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1824-1863 (late Edo; Meiji; Momoyama)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1259",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "long sword",
        "katana",
        "Katana blade",
        "tsuba",
        "fuchi",
        "kashira",
        "menuki",
        "saya",
        "tsuka"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_51.1259_MrkA_NF_H70.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_51.1259_MrkA_NF_H70.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_51.1259_MrkA_NF_H70.jpg",
    "imageCount": 12,
    "pageCount": 12,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Sword (katana) in scabbard (saya): L: 38 in. (96.5 cm); Sword in hilt (tsuka) without scabbard (saya): L: 36 13/16 in. (93.5 cm); Blade: L: 34 5/16 in. (87.1 cm); Scabbard (saya): L: 29 7/16 in. (74.8 cm); Hilt (tsuka): L: 8 7/16 in. (21.4 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Signature] Hidemune; [Transcription] Bizen (no) kuni ju Osafune Yosazaemonjo Sukesada saku; [Transcription] Goto Hokkyo Ichijo; [Translation] Made by Yosazaemonjo Sukesada",
        "of Osafune",
        "Bizen province [Translation] Hokkyo Goto Ichijo"
    ],
    "RelatedObjects": [
        "21358",
        "34298",
        "29240",
        "79199"
    ],
    "med": "Black lacquer, steel, shibuichi, silver, gold, shakudo, sentoku",
    "creator_ids": [
        "4696",
        "6762",
        "4468"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 11,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL2_51.1259_MrkA_NF_H70.jpg",
    "mediaId": "450faa191c39205f"
}