雪兎 snowshoe hare

雪兎 snowshoe hare ゆきうさぎ yukiusagi

For you who are not familiar with 'our' traditions, it is the custom of all us young Japanese school children to, at the first of the New Year, carefully write an auspicious kanji. Kakizome (書き初め) 'first writing'. In so far as this is the year of the rabbit, or year of the hare, and I live in the sub-arctic, I chose the Arctic, or snowshoe hare. Golly, I sure hope my teacher likes it!! :-)

Sumi, ink on 'rice' paper, 13 by 33 inches, unmounted