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Yabu Chosui

Snowy Rabbit

1867
Color woodblock print; surimono
12.4 × 12.5 cm (4.9 × 4.9 in)

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

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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