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Returning Sails at Yabase, from the series Eight Views of Ōmi

Artist/Maker (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Dateearly 1830s
MediumColor woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsHorizontal yotsugiri-ban; overall: 4 9/16 × 6 11/16 in. (11.6 × 17 cm)
Credit LineMary A. Ainsworth Bequest
PortfolioEight Views of Lake Biwa (Omi hakkei)
Object number1950.1230
Status
Not on view
More Information
The Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers were a common theme of Chinese landscape painting. They were transposed into the repertory of Japanese art as the Eight Views of Omi, the province where most of the western shore of Lake Biwa rests. The Eight Views were a subject of Japanese painting long before they began to appear in woodblock prints; they became a common subject for prints in the late 1710s. By the end of the 18th century nearly every designer had designed sets of eight views, which were taken from the conventional views of Lake Biwa.
Exhibition History
Transformations: Chinese Themes and Images in Japanese Woodblock Prints
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (March 12, 1996 - May 27, 1996 )
The Cultured Landscape in China and Japan
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (February 6, 2007 - August 13, 2007 )
Ukiyo-e Prints from the Mary Ainsworth Collection
  • Chiba City Museum of Art, Chiba, Japan (April 13, 2019 - May 25, 2019 )
  • Shizuoka City Museum of Art, Shizuoka, Japan (June 8, 2019 - July 28, 2019 )
  • Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts, Osaka, Japan (August 10, 2019 - September 29, 2019 )
Ukiyo-e Prints from the Mary Ainsworth Collection
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 14, 2020 - December 6, 2020 )
Collections
  • Asian