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/2sgcF5x From the Wellcome exhibition Coming of Age: Japanese mythologies of long life These 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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