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{
    "localId": "9923",
    "label": "Tsuba with a Carp",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.188"
}

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    "id": "9923",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.188",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with a Carp",
    "description": "The background of this tsuba is decorated in a beaded pattern known as fish eggs (\"nanako-ji\"). At the bottom, a carp is depicted among aquatic plants. The carp is an auspicious sign. On the back are two tree stumps and grasses.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "late 18th-early 19th century (mid Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.188",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.188_Mrk_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.188_Mrk_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.188_Mrk_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7.3,
            "height": 6.7,
            "depth": 0.3
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 7/8 x W: 2 5/8 x D: 1/8 in. (7.3 x 6.7 x 0.31 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Omori School",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 東雲堂　英光; [Translation] Toundô/Terumitsu",
    "med": "shakudo, gold, copper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "16447"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.188_Fnt_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "mediaId": "c90755d3144821c8"
}