Kirifuri Falls at Mount Kurokami in Shimotsuke Province (Shimotsuke Kurokamiyama Kirifuri no taki), from the series "A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri)"
- Date:
- c. 1833
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
A wide waterfall fans out over a rock face in numerous thin, root-like white streams that splay outward before gathering into churning blue waves at the base. The cliff's exposed tan and ochre rock is framed by dense green and dark teal foliage, with three small robed figures standing at the water's edge in the lower foreground and two more travelers on a path partway up the right slope. Text cartouches with the series and print title appear in the upper right; the composition is Katsushika Hokusai's 1828 oban print "Kirifuri Falls at Mount Kurokami in Shimotsuke Province," from the series "A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces."
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Frequently Asked Questions
Kirifuri Falls at Mount Kurokami in Shimotsuke Province (Shimotsuke Kurokamiyama Kirifuri no taki), from the series "A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri)" was created by Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎) in c. 1833.
Kirifuri Falls at Mount Kurokami in Shimotsuke Province (Shimotsuke Kurokamiyama Kirifuri no taki), from the series "A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri)" depicts landscapes, waterfalls, and autumn foliage.