With respect to Lake Biwa, there is Omi Hakkei (Eight Views of Omi) which is said to have been selected by Masaie KONOE in the Muromachi Period in 1500 following Shosho Hakkei (Eight views of the Xiao and the Xiang in China) and they were expressed in Ukiyoe by Hiroshige UTAGAWA and became famous in early-modern times. 琵琶湖には室町時代の明応9年(1500年)近衛政家が中国の瀟湘八景にならって選んだとされる近江八景があり、歌川広重の浮世絵に美しく表現され、近世において有名となった。 |