expression, noun
White Hare of Inaba
A figure from Japanese mythology, known from the Kojiki and other ancient texts. The hare tricks crocodiles (or sharks) to cross the sea and is later helped by Ōkuninushi.
因幡の白兎は、古事記に登場する有名な神話の一場面です。
The White Hare of Inaba is a famous mythological episode that appears in the Kojiki.
The name refers to a white hare from the Inaba region (present-day Tottori Prefecture). The story is recorded in the Kojiki (712 CE).