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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 Ishiyama341 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).322 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.312 views
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Tokaido Road: Otsu311 views
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Omi-Hakkei (Eight Views of Omi 近江八景): Descending Geese at Katata308 views
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Omi-Hakkei (Eight Views of Omi 近江八景): Night Rain at Karasaki305 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.300 views
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Omi-Hakkei (Eight Views of Omi 近江八景): Evening Bell at Miidera Temple298 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.296 views
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Omi-Hakkei (Eight Views of Omi 近江八景): Returning Boats at Yabase294 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.289 views
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Omi-Hakkei (Eight Views of Omi 近江八景): Descending Geese at Katata287 views
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Omi-Hakkei (Eight Views of Omi 近江八景): Clearing Storm at Awazu286 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.284 views
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Tokaido Road: Otsu283 views
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Tokaido Road: Otsu283 views
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Omi-Hakkei (Eight Views of Omi 近江八景): Evening Glow at Seta283 views
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Tokaido Road: Minakuchi (Koka)281 views
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Tokaido Road: Tsuchiyama (Koka)276 views
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Tokaido Road: Ishibe (Konan)276 views
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Tokaido Road: Tsuchiyama (Koka)275 views
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Tokaido Road: Ishibe (Konan)275 views
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Tokaido Road: Otsu275 views
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Omi-Hakkei (Eight Views of Omi 近江八景): Autumn Moon at Ishiyama272 views
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Omi-Hakkei (Eight Views of Omi 近江八景): Evening Bell at Miidera Temple271 views
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Tokaido Road: Tsuchiyama (Koka)269 views
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Tokaido Road: Tsuchiyama (Koka)269 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.269 views
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Omi-Hakkei (Eight Views of Omi 近江八景): Evening Snow at Mt. Hira269 views
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Omi-Hakkei (Eight Views of Omi 近江八景): Returning Boats at Yabase268 views
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Omi-Hakkei (Eight Views of Omi 近江八景): Evening Snow at Mt. Hira265 views
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Tokaido Road: Kusatsu264 views
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Tokaido Road: Tsuchiyama (Koka)263 views
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Tokaido Road: Ishibe (Konan)263 views
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Tokaido Road: Otsu263 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.263 views
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Tokaido Road: Otsu262 views
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Tokaido Road: Minakuchi (Koka)261 views
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Tokaido Road: Tsuchiyama (Koka)260 views
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Tokaido Road: Otsu260 views
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Nakasendo Road: Samegai (Maibara). The 61st station on the Nakasendo. One of ten Nakasendo stations in Shiga.260 views
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Tokaido Road: Kusatsu259 views
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Tokaido Road: Tsuchiyama (Koka)256 views
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Tokaido Road: Minakuchi (Koka)255 views
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Tokaido Road: Ishibe (Konan)254 views
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Tokaido Road: Ishibe (Konan)254 views
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Tokaido Road: Otsu254 views
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Nakasendo Road: Moriyama, 67th post town on the Nakasendo) from Hiroshige's Kisokaido series. Tea houses in spring.254 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.251 views
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Tokaido Road: Kusatsu251 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.251 views
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Tokaido Road: Kusatsu249 views
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Nakasendo Road: Musa (Omi-Hachiman), 66th of the 69 stations on the Nakasendo Road. A bridge of boats.249 views
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Tokaido Road: Minakuchi (Koka)247 views
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Tokaido Road: Kusatsu247 views
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Tokaido Road: Kusatsu245 views
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Tokaido Road: Otsu244 views
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Tokaido Road: Ishibe (Konan)243 views
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Nakasendo Road: Bamba (Maibara). The 62nd station on the Nakasendo.243 views
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Nakasendo Road: Kusatsu Oiwake, Kusatsu is the 68th post town on the Nakasendo Road.242 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.239 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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Tokaido Road: Minakuchi (Koka)238 views
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Tokaido Road: Ishibe (Konan)238 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.237 views
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Tokaido Road: Kusatsu235 views
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Tokaido Road: Minakuchi (Koka)233 views
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Tokaido Road: Kusatsu233 views
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Tokaido Road: Minakuchi (Koka)228 views
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