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Famous Views of Ōmi

近江名所図屏風

1660s-90s
(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.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1983.19
Location: not on view
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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.
Famous Views of Ōmi

Famous Views of Ōmi

1660s-90s

Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)

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