Art Institute of Chicago
Snowy Rabbit
Yabu Chosui
- Date
- 1867
- Medium
- Color woodblock print; surimono
- Culture
- Japan
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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