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    "localId": "23929",
    "label": "Sugawara denju tenarai kagami",
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    "title": "Sugawara denju tenarai kagami",
    "description": "One of a set of triplets who grows up in the circle of the great calligrapher Sugawara Michizane, Sakuramaru enters the service of a prince. Eventually he performs ritual suicide because he feels responsible for the unjust exiling of Sugawara. Sakuramaru is wearing a cherry-blossom patterned kimono (sakura means \"cherry tree\").",
    "provenance": "Robert S. Shaull [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1990, by bequest.",
    "date": "1852 (late Edo)",
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    "source": "import",
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            "width": 35.1,
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    "dimensionsRaw": "13 13/16 x 9 1/2 in. (35.08 x 24.13 cm)",
    "style": "Utagawa School"
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    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] Toyokuni ga",
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