About this artwork
This image of a rabbit on a black-lacquer tray set against a backdrop of plum blossoms was designed by Yabu Chosui as a New Year’s message of poetry and art. The rabbit refers to the tradition of forming a rabbit out of snow at the New Year. Chosui succeeded in realizing the soft contours of a snow figure by embossing the rabbit using the kimekomi technique.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Arts of Asia
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Artist
- Yabu Chosui
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Title
- Snowy Rabbit
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Place
- Japan (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1867
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Medium
- Color woodblock print; surimono
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Dimensions
- 12.4 × 12.5 cm (4 15/16 × 4 15/16 in.)
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Credit Line
- Charles H. Mitchell Collection unrestricted gift
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Reference Number
- 1972.1497
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/42251/manifest.json