White-fronted geese at Miyajimanuma. (Photo courtesy of Miyajimanuma Waterbird and Wetlands Center)
The white-fronted goose. A migratory bird, it breeds in places in Greenland, Canada, Alaska, and Siberia in the Arctic Circle, and overwinters in temperate zones in Europe, North America, Japan, and other regions. It is the best-known member of the goose family. (Illustration by Izuka Gō)
Utagawa Hiroshige, “Full Moon at Takanawa,” from the Famous Views of the Eastern Capital series. (In the collection of the Ōta Memorial Museum of Art)
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