White Heron

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Artist: Tawaraya Sōtatsu (Japanese, ca. 1570–ca. 1640)
Date: early 17th century
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image: 42 15/16 × 17 11/16 in. (109 × 44.9 cm) Overall with mounting: 79 1/8 × 22 13/16 in. (201 × 57.9 cm) Overall with knobs: 79 1/8 × 25 9/16 in. (201 × 64.9 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Paintings
Department: Asian Art
Credit line: Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2018
Accession no.: 2018.853.13

The Bird's Nest Patriarch
Tawaraya Sōtatsu
early to mid-1600s · Painting
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00009387
The Beach at Sumiyoshi from the Tales of Ise
Tawaraya Sōtatsu
c. 1634 · Painting
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00009394
Poem-card from the Shinkokin wakashu (New Collection of Japanese Poems from Ancient and Modern Times) with Design of Pine on a Beach
Tawaraya Sōtatsu
1606 · Painting
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00009819

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.