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Etymology Analysis: Rabi Himuro

So, the Coneja was released four years ago today (or yesterday for most people by the time I’m writing this), and I wanna give her the attention she deserves in honor of that. However, since I’m so late (and also preoccupied with other stuff) I’m solely going to focus on one aspect in particular that’s always interested me for today; her name. I’m not interested in her first name though, we all know that it’s an abbreviated form of ‘rabbit.’

What I am interested in is her last name; ‘Himuro’ (氷室), which directly translates to ‘ice house’ in english. The search began by first investigating what an ice house was simple enough. According to Wikipedia, “An ice house or icehouse is a building used to store ice throughout the year, commonly used prior to the invention of the refrigerator. Some were underground chambers, usually man-made, located near natural sources of winter ice, such as freshwater lakes, but many were buildings with various types of insulation.”

Though it may seem random at first, we can see this ever so slightly reflected slightly in Rabi’s appearance during the Arc 2 OP, in which she’s surrounded by a winter storm. As a result, I dove deeper, and the results were indeed quite fascinating. I headed to the japanese wikipedia page for ice houses (https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/氷室?oldid=42591643), more specifically the “日本の氷室” section. Essentially, what it touches on is how because ice houses occured in an era where only people could only rely on natural resources to sustain themselves, having ice during the Summer was a highly sought after luxury, afforded only to select groups of power.

This article (https://info.hasegawaeiga.com/en/blog/744/) also touches on it, “It is thought that by the Nara era, ice storages called “himuro” had been built in cool places, such as caves in the mountains, and were used to store natural ice from winter ponds that was cut into pieces in summer to present to the emperor and noble people.”

Information on who built these is extremely sparse, and though I’ve seen books others quoted on forums mention it lightly, I’m not gonna cite a source I didn’t read first-hand. However, I absolutely think it is all but confirmed that these structures were built and maintained by commonspeople—and yet, only those of power reaped the benefits of them. This article also supports this: https://kaname-inn.com/ideas/japanese-ice-house-festivals/, “In southeast Kanazawa, on a mountainside, nestled in a dense forest, up a hill and beside a lake, is the tiny thatched hut, Himuro Koya, the “Ice House Cottage.” Twice a year folks from all over Ishikawa Prefecture gather here to celebrate a practice that dates back to the early Edo-era: The creation of ice from winter snows and the delivery of that ice to the capital at the summer’s start.”

All that to say, Rabi’s last name is meant to be a metaphor; Just like the the Universe is sustained by the sacrifices of magical girls, the rich’s ice houses (Himuro’s) were sustained by the labor of the commonspeople.

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