“This piece is a take on a Japanese folktale entitled ‘The Rabbit in the Moon’.

In the tale, the man on the moon spots three friends- a monkey, a fox and a rabbit- living in a forest. In order to find out which of the three friends is the kindest, he asks them each to bring him a gift. The monkey brings him fruit, the fox brings him fish and the rabbit, unable to find anything, offers to jump into a pot of boiling water and give itself as a gift. Stopping the rabbit from doing so, the man on the moon decides that the rabbit is the kindest of the three, and he invites the rabbit to live alongside him on the moon.”

This is from a piece which illustrator Warren Holder did for 125 Magazine’s Japan Issue. I have only included 4 pages worth (the article is actually 11 pages long). I’ve always loved Holder’s illustrations, because of their charm and the fact that you could look at them all day and still find new things to them - he really hones in on the tiny details.

His folio can be found here: http://warrenholder.com/

“This piece is a take on a Japanese folktale entitled ‘The Rabbit in the Moon’.

In the tale, the man on the moon spots three friends- a monkey, a fox and a rabbit- living in a forest. In order to find out which of the three friends is the kindest, he asks them each to bring him a gift. The monkey brings him fruit, the fox brings him fish and the rabbit, unable to find anything, offers to jump into a pot of boiling water and give itself as a gift. Stopping the rabbit from doing so, the man on the moon decides that the rabbit is the kindest of the three, and he invites the rabbit to live alongside him on the moon.”

This is from a piece which illustrator Warren Holder did for 125 Magazine’s Japan Issue. I have only included 4 pages worth (the article is actually 11 pages long). I’ve always loved Holder’s illustrations, because of their charm and the fact that you could look at them all day and still find new things to them - he really hones in on the tiny details.

His folio can be found here: http://warrenholder.com/

“This piece is a take on a Japanese folktale entitled ‘The Rabbit in the Moon’.

In the tale, the man on the moon spots three friends- a monkey, a fox and a rabbit- living in a forest. In order to find out which of the three friends is the kindest, he asks them each to bring him a gift. The monkey brings him fruit, the fox brings him fish and the rabbit, unable to find anything, offers to jump into a pot of boiling water and give itself as a gift. Stopping the rabbit from doing so, the man on the moon decides that the rabbit is the kindest of the three, and he invites the rabbit to live alongside him on the moon.”

This is from a piece which illustrator Warren Holder did for 125 Magazine’s Japan Issue. I have only included 4 pages worth (the article is actually 11 pages long). I’ve always loved Holder’s illustrations, because of their charm and the fact that you could look at them all day and still find new things to them - he really hones in on the tiny details.

His folio can be found here: http://warrenholder.com/