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Famous Views of Ōmi
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About this work
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 to the right and flowering cherry blossom trees at left show seasonal change from winter to spring.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineFamous Views of Ōmi (近江名所図絵), 1660s–90s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on gilded paper; image: 152.8 x 344.1 cm (60 3/16 x 135 1/2 in.); overall: 165.8 x 357.6 cm (65 1/4 x 140 13/16 in.); closed: 170 x 11.7 x 61.6 cm (66 15/16 x 4 5/8 x 24 1/4 in.); panel: 165.8 x 59.6 cm (65 1/4 x 23 7/16 in.); with frame: 169.8 x 361.6 cm (66 7/8 x 142 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1983.19.2
