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<rdf:RDF xmlns:schema="//schema.org/" xmlns:rdf="//www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"><schema:VisualArtwork><schema:image>http://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/964169/resize%3Aformat%3Dfull</schema:image><schema:name>Tossing Mochi (mochinage or mochimaki) at the Launching Celebration for a Ship (jinsuishiki)</schema:name><schema:dateCreated>about late 1790s–early 1800s</schema:dateCreated><schema:creator>Utagawa Toyokuni I</schema:creator><schema:artMedium>Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper</schema:artMedium><schema:description>Triptych: 21.7780 (left), 21.7781 (center), 21.7782 (right)

Mochinage, the traditional good-luck custom of throwing balls of soft rice pastry (mochi) from a high place to a waiting crowd, is still sometimes practiced today for festive events such as the completion of the framework for a new building with the placement of the ridgepole. (Nowadays the snacks and small gifts that are tossed to the crowd are in plastic bags.)</schema:description><schema:artForm>Prints</schema:artForm><schema:width>38.3000000000 Centimeter</schema:width><schema:height>0.0000000000 Centimeter</schema:height><schema:url>http://collections.mfa.org/objects/489276/rdf</schema:url></schema:VisualArtwork></rdf:RDF>