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Maruyama Ōkyo

Heron on a Willow Branch

late 1700s
Two-panel folding screen; ink, color, lacquer, and gold on silk

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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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