Series 02: Masks of the Autumn Fair
Tsukimi
the mochi-pounding moon rabbit
Every harvest moon a rabbit sets up a wooden mortar at the edge of the fair and pounds rice until it shines. He never takes coins.
Tell him a story and he hands you a rice cake still warm from the mallet. He wears an okame mask on his ear so customers smile back, and laughs at every ending.
Drawn from the tsuki no usagi of Japanese folklore, which is in the public domain. Tsukimi's design, name and story are original to HOKORA. How we keep designs original
