![Rabbit [left of the pair Rabbit and Swallows]](https://1.api.artsmia.org/118347.jpg)
Rabbit [left of the pair Rabbit and Swallows]
- Medium
- Hanging scroll, left of a pair, ink and color on silk
- Dimensions
- 38 × 7 1/2 in. (96.52 × 19.05 cm) (image) 66 7/8 × 8 3/8 in. (169.86 × 21.27 cm) (without roller)
- Genre
- Painting
Tags
Japan
About
The left scroll shows a rabbit jumping from the moon into the ocean. According to legend, a rabbit resides on the moon, where he pounds rice flour into sticky rice cakes (mochi). The large harvest moon references autumn, while the swallows in the right scroll are associated with spring and summer.
![Swallows [right of the pair Rabbit and Swallows]](https://1.api.artsmia.org/118346.jpg)
