Famous Views of Ōmi
1660–1699
- Medium
- One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on gilded paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 152.4 x 345.6 cm (60 x 136 1/16 in.); Overall: 165.7 x 358.2 cm (65 1/4 x 141 in.); Closed: 170 x 11.7 x 61.6 cm (66 15/16 x 4 5/8 x 24 1/4 in.); Panel: 165.7 x 59.7 cm (65 1/4 x 23 1/2 in.); with frame: 169.7 x 362.2 cm (66 13/16 x 142 5/8 in.)
- Genre
- Painting
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
About
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.