Snowy Rabbit
Yabu Chosui
1867
Medium
Color woodblock print; surimono
Dimensions
12.4 × 12.5 cm (4 15/16 × 4 15/16 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
42251
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
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.