A family of rabbits lie peacefully, their fluffy bodies illuminated by the full Autumn-moon rising over the horizon, pigment on silk with cloth border featuring bone rollers enclosed in the original signed wooden box dated Spring 1927 and titled Gunto (Fluffle of Rabbits). It is 66.5 x 214 cm (26 inches by 7 feet).
Overall excellent condition, with minor marks typical of age and handling, there is some staining in the upper and lower blue cloth fields.
Hotta Shuso (1894-1954) lived and worked in the scenic lakeside town of Suwa in Nagano prefecture. He studied under Ikegami Shuho and was the head of his atelier. His work was exhibited at the Teiten and Nitten National Exhibitions among others and is remembered most for his idealistic depiction of animals.
