hashioki

Rabbit stylized with pink ear

Origin : Japan

Made of : porcelain - potery

Classification : creatures / mammals

Maker : ?

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About "rabbit" (usagi - 兎) :

Images of rabbits decorate many Japanese objects including a lot of hahsioki.

Rabbits are popular because in the Japanese folklore a rabbit pounding rice is said to live on the moon. He is making mochi (rice cake) for the festival of the moon in Automn (O-tsuki-mi). Some spots on the moon surface form indeed a shape that can be interpreted as the image of the moon rabbit working the rice.

The rabbit or hare is also one of the twelve Chinese zodiac signs which are also used in Japan. In the Chinese zodiac, it's the year of birth which determines the sign as follows :


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Tea cup with rabbits, mochi rice cake and a gold moon reflecting in the cup [source]
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Moon spots forming a rabbit pounding rice [source]

 

 

 

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