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    "localId": "713",
    "label": "Nihon hana zue",
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    "contentType": "print",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Nihon hana zue",
    "description": "In the play \"Love Story at the Snow-covered Barrier,\" the villian's wishes to cut down a giant blossoming black cherry are thwarted. As he wields an ax, a courtesan who is the living incarnation of the Spirit of the tree manages to freeze the villian's hands. Then the Spirit herself appears, and she overcomes him.",
    "provenance": "Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Snell, Jr., Maryland Line, Maryland; given to the Walters Art Museum, 1987.",
    "date": "1896 (Meiji)",
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    "source": "import",
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            "width": 36,
            "height": 24
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    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "14 3/16 x 9 7/16 in. (36 x 24 cm)"
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    "inscriptions": "[Signature] On print: Gekko",
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