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    "localId": "97254",
    "label": "Inro (Case) with Mice and Beans",
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    "id": "97254",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Inro (Case) with Mice and Beans",
    "description": "This round inro is decorated with an image of a single mouse feasting on beans. The theme is elaborated with a metal <em>ojime</em> (cinch) in the form of a cloth bag tied with rope—suggesting the food stores the mouse is raiding. The carved wood netsuke, or toggle, is in the shape of a mouse clutching a nut.",
    "date": "late 1800s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.885",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Lacquer"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.885/1916.885_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.885/1916.885_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diameter: 8.4 cm (3 5/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)"
    ],
    "accession": "1916.885"
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    "tec": "Lacquer on wood with color and sprinkled gold powder design (maki-e)",
    "tombstone": "Inro (Case) with Mice and Beans (鼠に豆蒔絵印籠)), late 1800s. Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912). Lacquer on wood with color and sprinkled gold powder design (maki-e); diameter: 8.4 cm (3 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of D. Z. Norton, 1916.885",
    "titleInOriginalLanguage": "鼠に豆蒔絵印籠)",
    "collection": "Japanese Art",
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.885",
    "creditline": "Gift of D. Z. Norton",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:14:30.743000",
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    "sourceId": 97254,
    "dept": "Japanese Art",
    "coll": "Japanese Art",
    "med": "Lacquer on wood with color and sprinkled gold powder design (maki-e)",
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