Japan: 'Heron on a Willow Branch'. Two-panel folding screen painting by Maruyama Okyo (1733-1795), 1775, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

'Heron on a Willow Branch'. Two-panel folding screen painting by Maruyama Okyo (1733-1795), 1775.

Maruyama Okyo (June 12, 1733 - August 31, 1795), born Maruyama Masataka, was a Japanese artist active during the Edo period. He founded the Maruyama school of painting, which mixed Western naturalism with Eastern decorative design.

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Maruyama Okyo (1733-1795)

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