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Japanese woodblock print of a long-haired woman in a blue robe on a veranda overlooking a lake with boats and mountains at dusk.

The Eight Views at Lake Biwa in the Evening (Omi Hakkei Moku)

A woman with long loose black hair stands on a wooden veranda in a dark blue robe, gazing toward a bay with small boats and distant mountains under a dusk sky. A carved railing and a striped floor frame her, and a vertical cartouche with calligraphy sits at the upper left. This color woodblock print is the right sheet of a triptych.

Artist
Utagawa Yoshikazu
Date
Mid 19th century
Medium
Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban triptych (center: 1997.771b, left: 1997.771c)
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2303 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1867).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Weissman

Español: Campana vespertina en el lago Biwa, grabado de Utagawa Yoshikazu

Una mujer de cabello negro, largo y suelto, está de pie en una galería de madera con una bata azul oscuro, mirando hacia una bahía con pequeñas barcas y montañas lejanas bajo un cielo de atardecer. Una barandilla tallada y un piso de rayas la enmarcan, y un cartucho vertical con caligrafía aparece arriba a la izquierda. Es la hoja derecha de un tríptico.

Português: Sino do entardecer no lago Biwa, gravura de Utagawa Yoshikazu

Uma mulher de cabelos longos e soltos, negros, está em pé numa varanda de madeira, vestindo um manto azul-escuro, olhando para uma baía com pequenos barcos e montanhas distantes sob um céu de crepúsculo. Um parapeito entalhado e um piso listrado a emolduram, e um cartucho vertical com caligrafia aparece no canto superior esquerdo. É a folha direita de um tríptico.

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