Rabbit

Ōhara Mitsuhiro Japanese

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 199

This netsuke--a masterpiece of understated simplicity-- depicts a white rabbit. In Japanese folklore, a rabbit lives in the moon where he pounds rice cakes or prepares the elixir of immortality.

Rabbit, Ōhara Mitsuhiro (Japanese, 1810–1875), Ivory, Japan

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Rabbit, Ōhara Mitsuhiro (Japanese, 1810–1875), Ivory, Japan
Rabbit, Ōhara Mitsuhiro (Japanese, 1810–1875), Ivory, Japan
Rabbit, Ōhara Mitsuhiro (Japanese, 1810–1875), Ivory, Japan
Rabbit, Ōhara Mitsuhiro (Japanese, 1810–1875), Ivory, Japan
Rabbit, Ōhara Mitsuhiro (Japanese, 1810–1875), Ivory, Japan
Rabbit, Ōhara Mitsuhiro (Japanese, 1810–1875), Ivory, Japan

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