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In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
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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Kano Naonobu (Japanese, 1607–1650) — Winter Scene with Plum 
Kano Naonobu (Japanese, 1607–1650) — Winter Scene with Plum 
Shibata Zeshin
Autumn Evening with Full Moon on Musashino Plain
柳橋水車図屏風|Willows and Bridge
Bamboo
Chikutō Nakabayashi — Plum Branch
Suzuki Shōnen 鈴木松年 — 鈴木松年筆 老松図屏風|Aged Pines
Watanabe Shikō — Plum Trees
Soga Shōhaku (Japanese, 1730–1781) — The Eight Immortals of 
Bamboo in Four Seasons: Autumn
武蔵野図屏風|The Plains of Musashi
