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{
    "localId": "21701",
    "label": "Tsuba with a Tiger",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.118"
}

{
    "id": "21701",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.118",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with a Tiger",
    "description": "The left side of this tsuba shows a tiger emerging from a cave. As in Western culture, the tiger is used by Japanese artists as a sign of strength. The holes for both the utility knife and the hair pick have been plugged.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "mid 19th century (late Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.118",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.118_Mrk_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.118_Mrk_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.118_Mrk_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 3 11/16 in. (9.3 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Tanaka School",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 黄雲舎　一成; [Translation] Kounsha/Kazunari",
    "med": "iron with gold alloy and shibuichi",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6113"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.118_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "mediaId": "e49f1636b85d4459"
}