Famous Views of Ōmi
Unknown Artist
1660s–90s
Medium
One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on gilded paper
Dimensions
165.8 × 357.6 cm · image: 152.8 × 344.1 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Japanese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Accession Number
1983.19.2
About this artwork
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.