Kisoji no oku Amida no taki 木曽路ノ奥阿弥陀ヶ瀧 / Shokoku Taki-meguri 諸国瀧廻り
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- British Museum
From Hokusai's A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (c.1833–34), the first ukiyo-e series devoted solely to waterfalls. A fine impression of Yoro Waterfall sold for $100,000—10× its low estimate. A complete set of 8 prints achieved $508,500.
The Amida waterfall deep in the Kiso valley — one of the hidden sacred falls of the interior mountain road — is depicted in this print from the Shokoku Taki-meguri (Tour of Waterfalls) series. The title's reference to Amida suggests this cascade was associated with Pure Land Buddhist devotion, its remote location making pilgrimage to it an act of spiritual as well as physical effort.
1821
Color woodblock print with metallic pigments; surimono shikishiban
1822
Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono
1822
Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono
c. 1832
Color woodblock print; oban
Kamakura Daibutsu
1930
Color woodblock print
1950
Color woodblock print
大仏
Woodblock print
1926
Color woodblock print; oban
Kisoji no oku Amida no taki 木曽路ノ奥阿弥陀ヶ瀧 / Shokoku Taki-meguri 諸国瀧廻り was created by Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎).
Kisoji no oku Amida no taki 木曽路ノ奥阿弥陀ヶ瀧 / Shokoku Taki-meguri 諸国瀧廻り depicts religious.