Mallard Ducks Swimming
泳ぐ鴨
by Ohara Koson
- Date:
- c. 1915
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
Description
Seven mallard ducks with green-black heads and mottled brown bodies swim across a still lake, one standing on a rock at the shoreline while the others cluster in the water near tall grasses and a dark, moss-tinged rock outcrop in the left foreground. A small V of birds flies over distant grey hills in the pale, muted sky, and the far shore is rendered as a soft band of grasses along the waterline. Muted greys, browns, and dusty greens dominate the palette, evoking a quiet, overcast day; this is Ohara Koson's 1915 color woodblock print "Mallard Ducks Swimming."
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Frequently Asked Questions
Mallard Ducks Swimming (泳ぐ鴨) was created by Ohara Koson (小原古邨) in c. 1915.
Mallard Ducks Swimming was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (c. 1915).
Mallard Ducks Swimming depicts birds & flowers, rivers & lakes, and animals.