近江八景之内 唐崎夜雨, Night Rain at Karasaki, from the series Eight Views of Ō-mi, Edo period (1615?1868), ca. 1835, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Image: 8 3/4 ? 13 5/8 in. (22. 2 ? 34. 6 cm), Prints, Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1797?1858 Tokyo (Edo) ), Karasaki was famous for its ancient pine tree, which was revered as sacred. Images of Karasaki in the evening rain were among the earliest manifestations of the Eight Views theme, set at Ō-mi, the area around Lake Biwa, southeast of Kyoto