Random pic 8 September 2026
Netsuke. Hare/rabbit standing on clouds and leaning on the moon, Mitsutsugu. Japan. 1701-1900 Ivory. Welicome Collection F Science Museum Group A641095 https://flic.kr/p/2sgcF5xFrom the Wellcome exhibition Coming of Age: Japanese mythologies of long lifeThese carved ivory okimono (sculptures) and netsuke (clothing toggles) feature Japanese myths and folktales about long
life. You might recognise some of these stories as they have similarities with other tales from across East Asia. This netsuke show the story of the
moon hare, where in Chinese myth it makes immortality elixir for the moon goddess.
[Text from exhibition label]
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