Collection Online as of December 5, 2023

The Heron Maiden Standing Beneath a Willow Tree

1868–1912

after Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信

(Japanese, 1724–1770)

Japan, possibly 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.

Provenance

Louis W. Black (sale: Sotheby Parke Bernet, March 4, 1976, lot 16)

R. E. Lewis, Inc.

Exhibition history

Cleveland Museum of Art, 1988: A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection.

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).