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{
    "localId": "79512",
    "label": "Tsuka with Buddhist Deities",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1201.3B"
}

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    "id": "79512",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1201.3B",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuka with Buddhist Deities",
    "description": "The bodhisattva of compassion, Kannon, is depicted on the kashira. This is either the white-robed Kannon or is paired with the fuchi to be the dragon-riding Kannon. The menuki depict the medicine Buddha (Yakushi Nyôrai) holding a medicine bowl in two differ poses. This is part of a mounted set.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "late 19th century (Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1201.3B",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsuka",
        "menuki",
        "kashira",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1201.3b_DetA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1201.3b_DetA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1201.3b_DetA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "none",
    "med": "ray skin, gold, silver, shibuichi",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6194"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.1201.3b_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "mediaId": "3e6a1b20c1ed6225"
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