Rabbits in Grass Under the Moon

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Rabbits in Grass Under the Moon
Print   (Part of the set: Hiroshige Tanzaku Series)

Hiroshige
Takamizawa
1970s

2019
00043-012
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Print is Public Domain; Photography is:   Creative Commons License

Description

This beautiful chu-tanzaku print designed by Hiroshige shows two rabbits in some reeds or grass under the full moon. The jewel-like red eye of the rabbit smiling up at the moon is the only speck of colour in the print (apart from the artist's stamps), and immediately draws the viewer's attention. Perhaps the print is playing on the traditional Japanese belief that the shape of a rabbit can be seen in the moon...

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