Japanese White

The Japanese White rabbit, also called the Jumbo rabbit and the Japanese Harlequin rabbit, is a breed of rabbit found in only Japan. It weighs 3-10 kg, and comes in white and brown. It is used as a domestic pet, for its fur, and for its meat. The rabbit has been used in Inaba's White Rabbit and Choju giga.
It is not recognized by the American Rabbit Breeders Association or the British Rabbit Council.
The rabbit was created in the early Meiji era, in 1870. It was originally used as pets, but as the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese Wars occurred, the demand for meat and fur increased, which shifted the breeding to breeding them for fur and meat. After the war, breeding of the rabbit was recommended as part of emotional education in elementary schools, and it became widespread throughout the country.

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