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Here are two versions of Omi-Hakkei (Eight Views of Omi 近江八景) by Hiroshige. The main complaint is that they center on Otsu in the southern half of Shiga. No scenes from northern Shiga. Autumn Moon at Ishiyama117 views
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Tokaido Road: Otsu96 views
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Tokaido Road: Otsu96 views
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Tokaido Road: Otsu83 views
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Omi-Hakkei (Eight Views of Omi 近江八景): Returning Boats at Yabase82 views
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Omi-Hakkei (Eight Views of Omi 近江八景): Evening Glow at Seta78 views
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Tokaido Road: Otsu73 views
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Nakasendo Road: Toriimoto (Hikone). The sixty-third of the sixty-nine stations or shukuba post towns on the Nakasendo Road.73 views
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Omi-Hakkei (Eight Views of Omi 近江八景): Evening Bell at Miidera Temple73 views
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Omi-Hakkei (Eight Views of Omi 近江八景): Descending Geese at Katata72 views
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Tokaido Road: Otsu71 views
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Nakasendo Road: Echigawa (Aisho), the 65th post town on the Nakasendo. A bridge across Echigawa River. It was toll-free (Muchin-bashi). On the left across the river is Mt. Kannonji (Kinugake).71 views
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Omi-Hakkei (Eight Views of Omi 近江八景): Night Rain at Karasaki. The print made the Karasaki pine tree at Karasaki Shrine famous.70 views
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Omi-Hakkei (Eight Views of Omi 近江八景): Clearing Storm at Awazu69 views
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Tokaido Road: Minakuchi (Koka). A summer scene of a few women drying gourd shavings to make kanpyo. Minakuchi-juku was the fiftieth of the fifty-three stations of the Tokaido Road.68 views
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Tokaido Road: Otsu68 views
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Nakasendo Road: Imasu (Gifu, on the border with Shiga). Shows the border between Imasu and Kashiwabara. There is an inn on the Imasu side (left) and Kashiwabara side.67 viewsNemonogatari-no-Sato is where the prefectural boundary between Gifu and Shiga is located. The inns are no longer here, but guests at both inns used to talk to each other across the border before sleeping.
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Omi-Hakkei (Eight Views of Omi 近江八景): Descending Geese at Katata67 views
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Tokaido Road: Otsu66 views
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Omi-Hakkei (Eight Views of Omi 近江八景): Autumn Moon at Ishiyama66 views
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Omi-Hakkei (Eight Views of Omi 近江八景): Night Rain at Karasaki66 views
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Tokaido Road: Tsuchiyama (Koka)65 views
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Tokaido Road: Otsu65 views
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Tokaido Road: Kusatsu. A rest house and servants are depicted. Kusatsu-juku was the 52nd station on the Tokaido Road (following Ishibe-juku) and the 68th station (following Moriyama-juku) on the Nakasendo Road.64 views
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Nakasendo Road: Musa (Omi-Hachiman), 66th of the 69 stations on the Nakasendo Road. A bridge of boats.64 views
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Omi-Hakkei (Eight Views of Omi 近江八景): Evening Snow at Mt. Hira64 views
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Tokaido Road: Tsuchiyama (Koka). People at the head of a daimyo procession are crossing a bridge over a river near Tamura Shrine during spring rains. Tsuchiyama-juku was the 49th of the 53 stations of the Tokaido Road.63 views
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Tokaido Road: Kusatsu63 views
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Nakasendo Road: Kusatsu Oiwake, Kusatsu is the 68th post town on the Nakasendo Road.62 views
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Nakasendo Road: Otsu, 69th post town on the Nakasendo from Hiroshige's Kisokaido series. Hatcho-dori street and Lake Biwa in the distance.62 views
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Omi-Hakkei (Eight Views of Omi 近江八景): Evening Bell at Miidera Temple62 views
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Omi-Hakkei (Eight Views of Omi 近江八景): Evening Snow at Mt. Hira62 views
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Tokaido Road: Tsuchiyama (Koka)60 views
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Nakasendo Road: Bamba (Maibara). The 62nd station on the Nakasendo.60 views
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Omi-Hakkei (Eight Views of Omi 近江八景): Evening Glow at Seta. Today, you can see a modern version of Seta-no-Karahashi Bridge.60 views
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Tokaido Road: Otsu59 views
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Nakasendo Road: Kashiwabara (Maibara). Depicts Kameya, a shop selling mugwort from Mt. Ibuki used for moxa. The shop is still there, the last surviving maker of moxa cautery in Kashiwabara, the 60th station on the Nakasendo.59 views
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Nakasendo Road: Takamiya (Hikone). The sixty-fourth of the sixty-nine stations or shukuba post towns on the Nakasendo Road.59 views
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Omi-Hakkei (Eight Views of Omi 近江八景): Clearing Storm at Awazu. This area is pretty much gone, covered by roads. Very few Awazu pine trees remain.58 views
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Tokaido Road: Tsuchiyama (Koka)57 views
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Tokaido Road: Tsuchiyama (Koka)57 views
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Nakasendo Road: Moriyama, 67th post town on the Nakasendo) from Hiroshige's Kisokaido series. Tea houses in spring.57 views
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Omi-Hakkei (Eight Views of Omi 近江八景): Returning Boats at Yabase57 views
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Tokaido Road: Tsuchiyama (Koka)56 views
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Tokaido Road: Minakuchi (Koka)56 views
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Tokaido Road: Kusatsu56 views
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Nakasendo Road: Samegai (Maibara). The 61st station on the Nakasendo. One of ten Nakasendo stations in Shiga.56 views
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Tokaido Road: Tsuchiyama (Koka)55 views
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Tokaido Road: Minakuchi (Koka)55 views
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Tokaido Road: Minakuchi (Koka)55 views
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Tokaido Road: Minakuchi (Koka)55 views
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Tokaido Road: Minakuchi (Koka)55 views
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Tokaido Road: Ishibe (Konan)55 views
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Tokaido Road: Ishibe (Konan)55 views
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Tokaido Road: Kusatsu55 views
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Tokaido Road: Tsuchiyama (Koka)54 views
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Tokaido Road: Minakuchi (Koka)54 views
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Tokaido Road: Minakuchi (Koka)54 views
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Tokaido Road: Ishibe (Konan)54 views
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Tokaido Road: Ishibe (Konan)54 views
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Tokaido Road: Kusatsu54 views
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Tokaido Road: Kusatsu53 views
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Tokaido Road: Kusatsu52 views
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Tokaido Road: Kusatsu52 views
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Tokaido Road: Ishibe (Konan)51 views
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Tokaido Road: Ishibe (Konan)51 views
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Tokaido Road: Ishibe (Konan)50 views
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Tokaido Road: Kusatsu50 views
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