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Collections

Watanabe Seitei
Night Heron and Willow with Crescent Mooncirca 1900

Not on view
Japanese hanging scroll painting in ink and light color, a night heron perching on a pale branch with sparse twigs and a crescent moon above

Watanabe Seitei, Night Heron and Willow with Crescent Moon, circa 1900, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, ​Gift of the 2010 Japanese Art Acquisition Group, with additional funds provided by the Japanese Art Acquisitions Fund, and Albert G. Wassenich by exchange, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Watanabe Seitei
Japan, 1851-1918
Title
Night Heron and Willow with Crescent Moon
Date Made
circa 1900
Period
Meiji period (1868-1912) or Taishō period (1912-1926)
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
Image: 50 1/4 x 19 3/4 in. (127.64 x 50.17 cm); Mount: 88 1/4 x 25 3/4 in. (224.16 x 65.41 cm)
Credit Line
​Gift of the 2010 Japanese Art Acquisition Group, with additional funds provided by the Japanese Art Acquisitions Fund, and Albert G. Wassenich by exchange
Accession Number
M.2010.3
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art