Niagara Falls
by Ito Nisaburo
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
Niagara Falls — one of Nisaburo's most geographically distant subjects, the great falls on the US-Canada border depicted in his Japanese woodblock style. Nisaburo was among the shin-hanga artists who depicted international subjects alongside their Japanese ones, and the scale of Niagara — horizontal and vast rather than vertical and narrow like Japanese falls — would have required significant compositional adaptation. The translation of North American landscape into the Japanese woodblock medium creates an interesting cultural dialogue.
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Gosai Canal in Niigata (Niigata Gosaibori), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)"
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The Hori River at Obama (Obama Horikawa), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, First Series (Tabi miyage dai isshu)"
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Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Niagara Falls was created by Ito Nisaburo (伊藤仁三郎).
Niagara Falls depicts rivers & lakes.