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{
    "localId": "35758",
    "label": "Kozuka with Scene of Bean Throwing Custom (\"\"Mame maki\"\")",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1308"
}

{
    "id": "35758",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1308",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Kozuka with Scene of Bean Throwing Custom (\"\"Mame maki\"\")",
    "description": "The scene on this kozuka shows a Japanese custom performed on the last day of winter, February 3rd. Dried soybeans are thrown to chase out demons (\"oni\") and bring good luck for the coming year. A woman is shown in a hut throwing soybeans, while a demon hides in an overturned vessel.",
    "provenance": "William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1670-1856 (Edo)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.1308",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "kozuka",
        "sword components",
        "handles"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1308_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1308_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.1308_Fnt_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "L: 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 永秀; [Translation] Nagahide",
    "med": "silver",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6141",
        "7158"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "JMA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.1308_Back_DD_JP09.jpg",
    "mediaId": "5dfe10c06a990ec3"
}