Description
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.
Provenance
Nesè Collection, Switzerland; (Marion Hammer, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?–1983); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1983–)
Accession Number
1983.19
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.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
