Kusumi MorikageJapanese, 1620–1690Ducks
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Minneapolis Institute of Art
Minneapolis, United States
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About the painting
Ducks, which begin arriving in late fall and populate creeks and ponds throughout the Japanese islands through the cold winter, have long been a favorite subject of Japanese poets and painters. Since they remain on the water even as ice forms around them and frost forms on their colorful feathers, they often serve as a metaphor for sleeping alone or remaining faithful to one’s partner when away from home. In this painting, Kusumi Morikage shows a pair of mated ducks in a creek at night with a poem above.
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Particulars
- Accession number
- 96.146.14
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- Minneapolis Institute of Art: the museum's own open data · fetched 7 days ago
- Image: Minneapolis Institute of Art — public domain
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![Scholar Viewing a Painting [center of a triptych of Scholar with Heron and Myna], Kusumi Morikage, mid 17th century](https://img.artsmia.org/web_objects_cache/008000/600/50/8651/mia_5032072_800.jpg)
![Myna on a Branch [left of a triptych of Scholar with Heron and Myna], Kusumi Morikage, mid 17th century](https://img.artsmia.org/web_objects_cache/008000/600/40/8640/mia_5032070_800.jpg)
