tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21784835.post116891183512564179..comments2023-12-26T20:25:04.539-08:00Comments on Dragon Art of Asia - 2012 - Year of the DRAGON: Mandarin DucksGabi Grevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21784835.post-8530673147748529532019-10-03T21:26:07.431-07:002019-10-03T21:26:07.431-07:00Legend from Tochigi
In the area of 阿曽沼 Asonuma swa...<b> Legend from Tochigi</b><br />In the area of 阿曽沼 Asonuma swamp lived a man skilled with falcons.<br />One day he captured oshidori 鴛の雄 a male mandarin duck.<br />That night in a dream a beauiful woman appeared, crying in dispair.<br />"Why did you kill my husband?" The hunter said "But I did not kill anybody!"<br />"Yes you did, today in the swamp." Then she flew off and he saw it was the female mandarin duck.<br />Next morning he looked at the male duck and saw a female one, her beak like kissing him.<br />The man had a great shock, stopped hunting and became a monk.<br />.<br />Hunting with falcons in Edo<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2015/10/kamimeguro-district.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21784835.post-77938644035480758972010-06-04T22:29:24.765-07:002010-06-04T22:29:24.765-07:00the start of rain...
mandarin ducks paddle
at the ...the start of rain...<br />mandarin ducks paddle<br />at the pond<br /><br />stolen snapshot...<br />mandarin ducks dive<br />for their snack<br /><br />Ao-Suzumekigo hotlinehttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/kigohotline/message/1932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21784835.post-13037918721418509482008-07-08T22:59:00.000-07:002008-07-08T22:59:00.000-07:00.Look at a DUCK haiga by Emile Molhuysen.<BR/><BR/>Look at a DUCK haiga by <BR/>Emile MolhuysenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21784835.post-42541981817497182022007-08-22T01:00:00.000-07:002007-08-22T01:00:00.000-07:00Japan Times, Aug. 22, 2007Spot-billed duckBy ROWAN...Japan Times, Aug. 22, 2007<BR/><BR/>Spot-billed duck<BR/><BR/>By ROWAN HOOPER<BR/><BR/>* Japanese name: Karugamo<BR/>* Scientific name: Anas poecilorhyncha<BR/><BR/>* Description: <BR/>A medium-sized, mainly gray duck that has a pale head and a black bill with a bright yellow tip. At 60 cm long, and with mottled "scaly pattern" plumage, it looks and sounds similar to the more familiar mallard, but the mallard's bill is completely yellow and its head plumage is green. The tops of the wings of the spot-billed duck are whitish, and the flight feathers are black. The male has a red spot on the underside of the bill.<BR/><BR/>* Where to find them: <BR/>A migratory bird in some parts of Asia, in Japan it is a resident, and can be seen in Tokyo in small flocks on ponds all over the city. It can also be seen on marshland and rice paddies across Honshu and Kyushu. Spot-billed ducks nest on the ground, hidden in thick vegetation. Breeding is from July to September, and females lay eight to 14 eggs. A female being followed by a fleet of chicks is a common sight.<BR/><BR/>* Food: <BR/>Vegetable matter, which is reached by the duck up-ending itself and scratching around on the floor of a pond. Unlike certain other water birds, these ducks do not often dive. They also take invertebrates such as snails and worms and insect larvae.<BR/><BR/>* Special features: <BR/>These days it seems evidence of global warming is showing up everywhere. By no means conclusive, it can be seen in the distribution of the spot-billed ducks. Over the last 100 years, these ducks have been gradually expanding their northern range: <BR/><BR/>they now live some 500 km further north than they did at the beginning of the 20th century. Like mallards, male spot-billed ducks engage in forced copulation. Although they are sociable and form pair bonds, males will readily copulate with any "spare" females they happen to encounter. <BR/><BR/>For this reason not all the chicks that follow the females in summer will be the offspring of the male that paddles along with them.<BR/><BR/>http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fe20070822at.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21784835.post-1172219306439136962007-02-23T00:28:00.000-08:002007-02-23T00:28:00.000-08:00Plate of Arita Pottery .............................<A HREF="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2007/02/mandarin-ducks.html" REL="nofollow">Plate of Arita Pottery </A> <BR/><BR/>......................................................................Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21784835.post-1169076078615266442007-01-17T15:21:00.000-08:002007-01-17T15:21:00.000-08:00The mandarin duck, Aix galericulata, is native to ...The mandarin duck, Aix galericulata, is native to China. It has bright plumage including the colours of the silk robes worn by the Chinese officials, the mandarins. The male and female can be distinguished in plumage.<BR/>Hugh Bygott<BR/><BR/>Here is one of the first instances of this reference in Japanese Literature.<BR/><BR/>"It struck me as a sad truth that the only people left to me were those of my constant companions at court for whom I felt a certain affection, and those with whom I could exchange a secret or two, with whom I happened to be on good terms at the present moment. <BR/>In particular I missed lady Dainagon, who would often talk to me as we lay close to Her Majesty in the evenings. Had I indeed succumbed to life at court?<BR/><BR/>I sent her the following:<BR/><BR/>How I long for those waters on which we lay,<BR/>A longing keener than the frost on a duck's wing.<BR/><BR/>To which she replied:<BR/><BR/>Awakening to find no friend to brush away the frost,<BR/>The mandarin duck longs for her mate at night.<BR/><BR/>When I saw how elegantly it was written, I realised what an<BR/>accomplished woman she was."<BR/><BR/>The Diary of Lady Murasaki 1008 - 1010<BR/><BR/>translated by Richard Bowring<BR/><BR/>Quoted from<BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/simply_haiku/message/18097Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21784835.post-1168979415813546692007-01-16T12:30:00.000-08:002007-01-16T12:30:00.000-08:00oshi wa matahitori nagare kahatsu shigurewhy does ...oshi wa mata<BR/>hitori nagare ka<BR/>hatsu shigure<BR/><BR/>why does the mandarin duck<BR/>float alone --<BR/>first winter rain<BR/><BR/>Chiyo-ni, tr. Patricia Donegan & Yoshie IshibashiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21784835.post-1168951083693630222007-01-16T04:38:00.000-08:002007-01-16T04:38:00.000-08:0018 years ...together, my mandarinand I18 years ...<BR/>together, my mandarin<BR/>and IAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com