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Eight Views of Ōmi

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Hiroshige alone produced nearly 20 different series "Omi hakkei". Other artists followed. To please everybody, "Eight views of" were created for many parts of Japan, e.g. using surroundings of Edo. A series called "Eight views of Kanazawa" reflects a bay near Yokohama.
197:. The long bridge across the Seta River was used by the Tōkaidō. Nowadays is there a bridge in the old Chinese style, a concrete construction, but nice to walk over. (Road traffic uses a new bridges to the north). In the background is the "Fuji of Ōmi" 138:. The eight themes remain unchanged from the Chinese series: Returning sails, descending geese, autumn moon, evening bells, evening glow, evening snow, evening rain, and clearing weather. 84:
in China which were first painted in the 11th century and then brought to Japan as a popular theme in the 14–15th centuries. The theme was then used to describe Ōmi province in poetry by
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All views are situated at the southern end of Lake Biwa. There is no fixed order. The following list circles the lake, beginning on the east side.
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The Prints of Isoda Koryūsai: Floating World Culture and Its Consumers in Eighteenth-century Japan
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by boat. In the early Meiji era steamers appeared, until the railway began its service.
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Not to be mixed up with the city of Kanazawa, Ishikawa Pref.
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is an old harbor on the east side of the lake. Near the
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They are sometimes erroneously called "Eight Views of
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Index

Eight Views of Omi

Hiroshige
Ōmi Province
Shiga Prefecture
Eight Views of Xiaoxiang
Prince Konoe Masaie
Prince Hisamichi
Suzuki Harunobu
Utagawa Hiroshige
mitate
Zashiki Hakkei
Hiroshige
ukiyo-e
Lake Biwa
Shiga Prefecture
Yabase
Tōkaidō
Ōtsu
The Chinese Bridge at Seta
Mount Mikami
Ishiyama Temple
Seta River
Awazuhara
Zeze Castle
Mii-dera
Byōdō-in
Jingo-ji
Ukimido
Hira Mountains

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