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{
    "localId": "8767",
    "label": "Tsuba with Banana Trees, Snail and Mushroom",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.279"
}

{
    "id": "8767",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.279",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with Banana Trees, Snail and Mushroom",
    "description": "The dominant figures on this tsuba are two banana trees shown along the right side. At their bases is a rock. Along the upper most leave is a snail, who appears to be looking down over the edge of the leaf. On the reverse is a similar scene, with a single banana tree. Two mushrooms grow at the tree's base.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1824-1863 (late Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.279",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.279_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.279_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.279_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Goto School",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 後藤法橋; [Translation] Goto Hokkyo; [Signature] 一乗; [Translation] Ichijo (kao)",
    "med": "shibuichi, copper, gilt",
    "creator_ids": [
        "4468"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 4,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.279_MrkB_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "mediaId": "fdacb19eed088c76"
}