Cleveland Museum of Art
Geese Returning Home
1600s
In Korea, the word for geese in a grove of reeds, <em>noan</em>, has the same pronunciation as the word for "the comfortable life at old age." With this double meaning for a happy life, the motif of returning geese gained popularity in paintings.
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