Specifications:
Item: 0351Sc
Title: Rabbits, Waves and Moon
Size: approx. 16 1/2 inches wide by 47 inches high including tabs. Natural bamboo rod included ready to hang.
Description: Design in shades of a dark navy-teal with bright contrasting yellow moon. Rabbits and waves are white. Mottled navy-teal border.
There is an old Chinese tale of a hare that resides in the moon who pounds the magic herbs to make the elixir of eternal life. This belief was assimilated by the Japanese who instead see the hare in the moon pounding mochi or rice cakes. The hare and wave motif in art originated from a story in the Kojiki (Japan's oldest history book) called "Inaba no Shirousagi," or the "White Rabbit of Inaba" which is present day Shimane prefecture. According to the legend, a white rabbit crossed the ocean from Okino Island to the mainland at Inaba by using the backs of sharks as stepping stones and thus appeared to be running over the tops of the waves. This story became the theme of a Noh song that translates roughly, "While the moon floats over the ocean, a rabbit runs over the waves, what interesting island scenery."
Our scroll size wall Hangings (long and narrow) are made from printed 100% cotton fabric panels, tenugui (printed cotton 'towels') or a noren (doorway curtain). They are machine quilted, hand-guided, using two layers of low loft polyester batting to provide added depth and dimension. Sizes listed under each item are approximate. For the width, the panel size itself is measured not the rod (which extends an inch or so past the panel on each side)--and the length is measured from the top of the tabs to the bottom of the panel.
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