Cleveland Museum of Art

Heron on a Willow Branch

Maruyama ŌkyoLinkedCulture matchlcp-26e4eefa7c04

Date: late 1700s
Medium: Two-panel folding screen; ink, color, lacquer, and gold on silk
Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Department: Japanese Art
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 159733

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A white egret perches on a branch against a gold background.

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Okyo was the most influential painter and teacher of his time in Kyoto. His mastery of brush and ink found expression in a variety of Chinese and Japanese subjects, painting styles, and formats. This depiction of a heron on a willow branch is done in a classical Japanese painting ( yamato-e ) style, utilizing flat areas of colorful pigments set against an expansive background with little or no spatial depth.

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Credit line: Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
Provenance: ?–1997: Severance A. [1895–1985] and Greta [Marguerite Steckerl] Millikin [1903–1989], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1997–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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