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143 • The province of Omi lies strategi- Bridge, Clearing Mist at Awazu, Sails
Kosode fragments on screen with cally located adjacent to Kyoto. In Returning to Yabase, and Autumn
Eight Views of Omi addition to its turbulent military his- Moon over Ishiyamadera.
Second half of eighteenth century tory — it was the site of one of the Large areas of color created by dip-
Ink painting and dip-dyeing on ancient capitals prior to the founding ping sections of the white silk crepe
silk crepe of Kyoto and a haven for the refugee (chirimen) into a purple, yellow, or blue
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171 x 190 (67V4X 74 /s) Ashikaga shogun fearing assassina- dye vat produced forms that resemble
National Museum of Japanese History, tion — Omi accumulated venerable clouds on paintings of Scenes In
Chiba, Nomura Collection layers of literary history as well. and Around Kyoto. The clouds are an
In imitation of the Chinese theme of artistic device used to represent large
the Eight Views of the Xiao and distances between various sites in
Xiang Rivers, in 1500 a Japanese poet an abbreviated way. On these kosode
selected eight corresponding views fragments ink-drawn (kakie) views
in Japan, which subsequently became of Ômi are interspersed between
canonized: Evening Snow on Mount the soft outlines of colorful dip-dyed
Hira, Geese Descending at Katata, (tsukezome) clouds. MT/SST
Evening Rain at Karasaki, Evening Bell
at Miidera, Sunset Glow over the Seta