Ducks in Winter
by Ito Nisaburo
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
Ducks in Winter — a classic combination in Japanese bird-and-flower painting, the hardy waterfowl persisting through cold weather amid snow-edged water and bare reeds. Winter ducks (kamo) appear in Japanese poetry as symbols of endurance and fidelity — many species of duck mate for life and return to the same wintering grounds annually. Nisaburo's woodblock rendering likely shows the ducks on a frozen or partly frozen surface, their vivid plumage contrasting with the monochromatic severity of the winter landscape surrounding them.
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More Snow Scenes Prints
Fair Weather After Snow at Yamato Bridge, Kyoto (Yamato bashi no yukibare), Taishô period, dated 1924
Woodblock print
The Compound of the Tenman Shrine at Kameido in the Snow (Kameido Tenmangu keidai no yuki), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Miyajima in Snow (Yuki no Miyajima)
Yuki no Miyajima
1929
Color woodblock print; oban
Evening Snow at Shiha Park, Tokyo
1932
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Frequently Asked Questions
Ducks in Winter was created by Ito Nisaburo (伊藤仁三郎).
Ducks in Winter depicts snow scenes and winter.