Ducks

A pair of ducks rendered with the intimate naturalistic observation that Goyo brought to all his subjects, including the animal world. Unlike many bijin-ga artists who occasionally produced bird-and-flower (kachoga) subjects as conventional complements to their figure work, Goyo's ducks carry the same weight of careful observation as his women: the birds' body language, the quality of the water beneath them, and the relationship between the two birds are all rendered with genuine attention to specific, observed behavior.