Kyoto Fushimi ' OGURA NO IKE '

Owned by Mr Nakamura in Japan
This watercolor is open to the public his kindness

This picture of the "Fushimi Ogura Pond" is thought to be the Ogura Pond that once existed.
According to records, the Ogura Pond was reclaimed between 1933 and 1941.
At the time, it was the largest pond in Japan, and the Japanese government implemented it as
a reclamation project to convert agricultural land.
Before the land reclamation, the pond was famous for lotus and was a treasure trove of fish
and shellfish due to its Overgrown with reeds.
Migratory birds also flew to the area, so it was likely that hunting took place in late autumn.
On September 25, 1925, the Hinode newspaper reported In the Hinode newspaper, the ban on hunting
ducks, snipes, bans, kuina, etc. was set in order by species, starting on November 1.
Not only birds but also deer and wild boar were to be hunted.
It seems that hundreds of hunters visited the area on the day of the ban.
Eika Kato moved from Yokohama to a relative's house in Kyoto after the Great Kanto Earthquake
in 1923. It is thought that the painting was written by the early Showa period.
In Kyoto,there is an existing Ogura pond in Saga Ogurayama Tabuchiyama-cho, Ukyo-ku, but
it is a small pond and not a place for hunting.

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