Herons
by Ohno Bakufu
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Typical Price
$1,000–$8,000. Common fish prints: $1,000–$2,500. Key value factors: The 'Great Japanese Fish' series is his signature work and most collected. Individual fish prints vary in desirability. Complete sets are rare.
Description
"Herons" depicts the graceful wading birds that are among the most frequently painted subjects in East Asian art — their long necks, dagger-like bills, and patient stillness at the water's edge making them natural subjects for the observation-based naturalism Bakufu practiced. The heron's hunting posture — stock-still, then explosively sudden — captured the same quality of patient precision that characterized Bakufu's own artistic method. In Japanese and Chinese painting, herons in water were among the canonical bird-and-flower subjects.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Herons was created by Ohno Bakufu (大野麦風).
Herons depicts birds & flowers and rivers & lakes.