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{
    "localId": "8752",
    "label": "Tsuba with a Heron Perched on a Boat under a Full Moon",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.250"
}

{
    "id": "8752",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.250",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Tsuba with a Heron Perched on a Boat under a Full Moon",
    "description": "An unusually designed full moon with gold gilding is depicted at the upper left of this tsuba. At the lower right, a heron stands on the prow of a boat among reeds. This boat is probably moored. On the reverse of the tsuba the moon appears without gilding at the upper right. Below it are more reeds and a pier. Reeds and the full moon are associated with autumn.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1696-1769 (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.250",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "tsubas",
        "sword components"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.250_MrkA_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.250_MrkA_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.250_MrkA_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 6.7,
            "height": 6,
            "depth": 0.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 5/8 x 2 3/8 x 1/8 in. (6.65 x 6 x 0.38 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "style": "Hamano School",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 穐蜂斎　政隨; [Translation] Shuhosai/Shôzui",
    "med": "iron, gold, silver, copper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6114"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.250_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
    "mediaId": "559b78e15dc2a335"
}