Ask the Scholar

{
    "localId": "79589",
    "label": "Kozuka with Fish and Net",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1242.3"
}

{
    "id": "79589",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1242.3",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Kozuka with Fish and Net",
    "description": "On the front of the kozuka are a large sea bream and a smaller fish surrounded by clams. On the reverse, an incised scene depicts a fishing net hanging from a tree. This is part of a mounted set.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1854-1859 (late Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1242.3",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "kozuka",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1242.3_MrkA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1242.3_MrkA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1242.3_MrkA_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 8 3/16 in. (20.8 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Date] 安政 [ ] 南呂月; [Transliteration] Ansei [ ] nanryo tsuki; [Translation]  Ansei era (1854-1859)",
        "month of August; [Signature] 正壽造; [Transliteration] Masatoshi tsukuru; [Translation] made by Masatoshi"
    ],
    "med": "silver, shakudo, gold, copper alloys",
    "creator_ids": [
        "16518"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

{
    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.1242.3_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "mediaId": "34ec3b2aa4cc91e9"
}