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Shimotsuke Kurokamiyama Kirifuri no taki (Falling Mist Waterfall at Mount Kurokami in Shimotsuke Province), from the series Shokoku taki meguri (A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces)


Katsushika Hokusai, Shimotsuke Kurokamiyama Kirifuri no taki (Falling Mist Waterfall at Mount Kurokami in Shimotsuke Province), from the series Shokoku taki meguri (A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces), 1833/1834, color woodblock print on paper; ōban nishiki-e, The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection, public domain, 32.441

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Title

Shimotsuke Kurokamiyama Kirifuri no taki (Falling Mist Waterfall at Mount Kurokami in Shimotsuke Province), from the series Shokoku taki meguri (A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces)

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display title: Shimotsuke Kurokamiyama Kirifuri no taki (The Falling Mist Waterfall at Mount Kurokami in Shimotsuke Province), from the series Shokoku taki meguri (A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces)

original language: 下野黒髪山 きりふりの瀧

series (original language): 諸国瀧廻り

series (translated): A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces

series (transliterated): Shokoku taki meguri

translated: Falling Mist Waterfall at Mount Kurokami in Shimotsuke Province

transliterated: Shimotsuke Kurokamiyama Kirifuri no taki

Artist

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)

Related People

publisher: Nishimura Yohachi (Japanese, active mid-19th century)

Date

1833/1834

Period

Japan: Edo period (1615-1868)

Medium

color woodblock print on paper; ōban nishiki-e

Dimensions (H x W x D)

image/sheet: 14 7/8 in x 10 in

Inscriptions & Markings

title: 諸國瀧廻り // 下野黒髪山きりふりの瀧, printed in blue ink within double blue rectangular cartouche, upper right Transliteration (Translation): Shokoku taki meguri // Shimotsuke Kurokamiyama Kirifuri no taki (A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces // The Falling Mist Waterfall at Mount Kurokami in Shimotsuke Province) Language: Japanese

publisher's mark: 栄壽堂, printed in red relief within square cartouche, lower right Transliteration (Translation): Eijudō ([seal of the publisher Nishimuraya Yohachi 西村屋与八]) Language: Japanese Description: Edo publisher, firm active c. 1751-1860

censor's mark: 極, printed in red ink; relief, lower right, to left of signature Transliteration: kiwame Language: Japanese

signature: 前北斎為一筆, printed in blue ink, lower right Transliteration (Translation): Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu (brushed [by] Iitsu, formerly Hokusai) Language: Japanese

Collection Area

Asian Art; Graphic Arts

Category

Prints

Japanese Traditional Prints

Object Type

relief print

Culture

Japanese

Credit Line

The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection

Accession Number

32.441

Copyright

public domain

Terms

Edo

Japanese woodblock prints

landscapes

nishiki-e

oban

relief printing

relief prints

The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection

waterfalls

woodcuts

Description

This series is a tribute to the spiritual connection between humans and nature. Hokusai goes beyond naturalistic depiction to give each waterfall a unique character, from the writhing flow of the Falling Mist Waterfall in Shimotsuke to the forceful deluge of Yōrō Falls in Mino. Like mountains, waterfalls were traditionally regarded as sacred spaces where gods and spirits dwelled. As Hokusai’s reverent onlookers make clear, to be close to a waterfall was to experience the presence of the divine in nature.

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