Famous Views of Ōmi
1660s-90s
Maker Unknown
Japanese Art
Famous Views of Ōmi, 1660s-90s. Japan, Edo period (1615-1868). One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on gilded paper; image: 152.4 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1983.19.1 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.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted 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.)
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 1983.19.1
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art, Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Japanese art rotation
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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