#72 · Jan 30–Feb 3 · Greater Cold
鶏始乳
Niwatori hajimete toya ni tsuku · Hens begin laying eggs
Natural henhouse scene: warm eggs in straw, or hen entering the nest; quiet return of fertility before spring.
Rice and barley fields hold the last of the summer heat. The year turns in the heads of grain.
Poetic & observational
A slower way of seeing seasonal change.
Photographed by Michael Gebert
72 personal photographic responses — not a documentary of Japan.
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