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Mitsuhiro Ōhara

mid-19th century · Ivory · Asian Art

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.

Artist

Mitsuhiro Ōhara

Date

mid-19th century

Medium

Ivory

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891