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    "localId": "14286",
    "label": "Tsuba with a Carp",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.197"
}

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    "id": "14286",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.197",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with a Carp",
    "description": "This tsuba shows a carp swimming amongst reeds and water milfoil. The black body of the carp contrasts strongly with the gold plants. Carps are auspicious symbols.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "mid 19th century (Edo-Meiji)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.197",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.197_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.197_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.197_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7.1,
            "height": 6.8,
            "depth": 0.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 2 13/16 x W: 2 11/16 x D: 1/8 in. (7.14 x 6.78 x 0.38 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 玉川美春造; [Transliteration] Tamagawa Yoshiharu tsukuru; [Translation] made by Tamagawa Yoshiharu",
    "med": "shakudo, copper, gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "4917"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.197_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "mediaId": "2a656373fe56c23d"
}