Famous Views of Ōmi
1660s-90s
Maker Unknown
Japanese Art
Famous Views of Ōmi, 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 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.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on gilded paper
- Dimensions
- Overall: 170 x 336 cm (66 15/16 x 132 5/16 in.)
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 1983.19
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Year in Review for 1983, Byobu: The Art of the Japanese Screen, Byobu: The Art of the Japanese Screen, Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection, Japanese art rotation, <em>Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Nara National Museum (organizer) (February 21-March 29, 1998); Suntory Museum of Art (April 28-June 21, 1998)., <em>Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Tokyo National Museum (January 15-February 23, 2014); Kyushu National Museum, Japan (July 8-August 31, 2014).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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