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Collection Online as of June 15, 2025

The Heron Maiden Standing Beneath a Willow Tree

1868–1912
(Japanese, 1724–1770)
Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
color woodblock print
Sheet: 27.7 x 20.8 cm (10 7/8 x 8 3/16 in.)
The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.310
Location: not on view

Description

Suzuki Harunobu produced the original design for this print in about 1766 to 1767. The brighter colors of this print, and in particular the unfaded color of the water indicates that it is of a later date.
  • Louis W. Black (sale: Sotheby Parke Bernet, March 4, 1976, lot 16)
    R. E. Lewis, Inc.
  • A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 14-November 13, 1988).
    Cleveland Museum of Art, 1988: A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection.
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