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{
    "localId": "98997",
    "label": "Face Mask and Throat Guard from a Suit of Armor (\"\"Gusoku\"\")",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.601B"
}

{
    "id": "98997",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.601B",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Face Mask and Throat Guard from a Suit of Armor (\"\"Gusoku\"\")",
    "description": "Armor such as this was made for foot soldiers during the peaceful Edo period (1615-1868). The embossed ironwork was designed for fancy dress parades, not battle.",
    "provenance": "Bunkio Matsuki [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Bunkio Matsuki Sale, A. A. Gallery, Feb. 10, 1906, no. 183; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1906, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "late 18th century (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.601B",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "body armor",
        "gusoku",
        "masks (costume)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/ARG_51.601-51.1365.4-61.280_InstlA_UK.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/ARG_51.601-51.1365.4-61.280_InstlA_UK.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/ARG_51.601-51.1365.4-61.280_InstlA_UK.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 22,
            "height": 18,
            "depth": 15
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 8 11/16 × W: 7 1/16 × D: 5 7/8 in. (22 × 18 × 15 cm) approx."
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Forged Signature] Inscribed: Myochin Yasuchika",
    "med": "lacquer and textile",
    "creator_ids": [
        "4712"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/ARG_51.601-51.1365.4-61.280_InstlA_UK.jpg",
    "mediaId": "8280d646ba55a3b0"
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