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“The Waterfall Where Yoshitsune Washed His Horse at Yoshino in Yamato Province,” from the series A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces

Katsushika Hokusai

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A man is standing next to a horse at the bottom of a large waterfall. The man has dark hair and is wearing only a loincloth. The horse is brown. The waterfall is on the left side and cascades down multiple rocky tiers. Water is white at the edges. The stream at the bottom is blue. There are trees and greenery on the rocks. A vertical black rectangle with foreign writing is on the top left. Two red seals are on the bottom right. The background shows a green hillside on the left and a blue body of water on the right. The sky is gray.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1832
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color; vertical ōban
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
439 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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