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Famous Views of Ōmi
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Famous Views of Ōmi

1660s–90s · pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on gilded paper

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Ōmi is an area around Lake Biwa near Kyoto. The Shinto shrine Hiyoshi Taisha and the Buddhist temple Ishiyamadera are in the upper right and upper left of the composition, respectively. At center is the pilgrimage route, and people in the town before the temple gates. Harvested rice fields at right and cherry blossom trees in flower at left show seasonal change from winter to spring.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineFamous Views of Ōmi (近江名所図屏風), 1660s–90s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on gilded paper; overall: 170 x 336 cm (66 15/16 x 132 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1983.19
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