$200–$2,000. Snow and night scenes tend to command premium prices for this artist. Key value factors: Ito Nisaburo's Kyoto prints are popular and accessible. Night scenes, snow views, and cherry blossom compositions command premiums.
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.
Woodblock print
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Yuki no Miyajima
1929
Color woodblock print; oban
1932
Woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Ducks in Winter was created by Ito Nisaburo (伊藤仁三郎).
Ducks in Winter depicts snow scenes and winter.
