 The Japanese often adapted the theme to local geography, with such titles as "Eight Views of Edo" or "Eight Views of Kanagawa".One of the earliest and most popular of these localized themes was "Eight Views of Ōmi", set in Ōmi Province (modern Shiga Prefecture), which surrounds Lake Biwa, not far from the ancient capital of Kyoto.Harunobu often employed numerous complex "mitate" allusions in his prints for viewers to take pleasure in recognizing and deciphering.