Ducks at Full Moon by Ohara Koson, 1900 Size:33x60in (84x150cm) The Tyrrhenian Sea - Part

The Tyrrhenian Sea - Part of the Mediterranean Sea off the western coast of Italy

The piece not only serves as an artistic masterpiece but also corrects historical misunderstandings around the species' taxonomy

Originally surveyed with painstaking accuracy

The map also features a number of hand-drawn illustrations

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Ducks at Full Moon by Ohara Koson, 1900 Size:33x60in (84x150cm) The Tyrrhenian Sea - PartDucks at Full Moon by Ohara Koson introduces a quiet nocturne of nature at its most poetic. Created around 1900 by the celebrated Japanese printmaker Ohara Koson (18771945), this woodblock print captures two ducks beneath a pale full moon as a flowering plum branch arcs elegantly across the scene. In the kach e traditionbird and flower imagery that flourished from the late Edo through the Meiji and Taish erasKoson balances close observation with