Title: White Heron
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: early 17th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Momoyama (1573–1615)–Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Tawaraya Sōtatsu 
Artist bio: Japanese, ca. 1570–ca. 1640
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
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)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2018
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Birds