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Heron on a Willow Branch, late 1700s. Two-panel folding screen; ink, color, lacquer, and gold on silk.
Two-panel folding screen; ink, color, lacquer, and gold on silk · Image: 69.4 x 185 cm · Cleveland Museum of Art
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- Museum title
- Heron on a Willow Branch
- Artist
- Maruyama Ōkyo (Japanese, 1733–1795)
- Date
- late 1700s
- Medium
- Two-panel folding screen; ink, color, lacquer, and gold on silk
- Dimensions
- Image: 69.4 x 185 cm (27 5/16 x 72 13/16 in.)
- Credit line
- Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Artist’s life 1733–1795
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.





