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    "localId": "79610",
    "label": "Tsuka with Phoenix and Paulownia",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1202.3B"
}

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    "id": "79610",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1202.3B",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuka with Phoenix and Paulownia",
    "description": "Three \"hô-ô\" birds, which are visually similar to the phoenix of Western mythology, appear on this tsuka. Each menuki is in the shape of a \"hô-ô\" on the branch of a paulownia tree and the kashira is also decorated with a gold \"hô-ô.\" \"Hô-ô\" are associated with good rulers and considered an auspicious sign. This is part of a mounted set.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "19th century (Edo-Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1202.3B",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsuka",
        "kashira",
        "menuki",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1202.3b_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1202.3b_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 4 5/8 in. (11.8 cm)"
}

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

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