Pine trees at Karasaki,Lake Biwa（8） Karasaki Old Pine Tree at Biwa Lake. 744 [ID] 4468　　( ID:4468 ) [Photographer] unknown [Album] [Place] Shiga [Date] unknown [Color] color [Size] 264x205 [Cabinet] 87-34-0 [Keyword] lake/scenic spot/flowers and trees   Photographs of the same title Karasaki-no-Matsu, the "pine tree of Karasaki," famous for its portrayal in the ukiyoe print Karasaki-no-Yau (Night Rain of Karasaki), one of the "Eight Scenes of Oumi." The tree in the photograph is the second-generation pine with an east-west width of 72 meters, a north-south width of 86 meters and a height of 10 meters. A number of splints and stone walls support the branches stretching out to the lake. This second-generation pine died in 1921, but the third-generation pine is thriving today at the same site.