Ashi ni shigi (Snipe bird in reeds)

A single snipe stands on one raised yellow leg at the center of the composition, its long bill pointed downward and body hunched forward, rendered in mottled brown, buff, and pale grey plumage with a white breast. Thin, angular reed blades cross the frame in dark silhouette against a soft grey-to-charcoal graduated background, with patches of pale blue-white suggesting snow or water at the bird's feet. Ohara Koson's signature appears in the lower right and a red seal near the left margin; this color woodcut, titled Ashi ni shigi (Snipe bird in reeds), dates to 1900.