Autumn foliage subjects by Hasui are popular but trade at a slight discount to his snow and rain scenes — the seasonal color is inherently pleasing but less technically demanding than atmospheric precipitation effects. Pre-war lifetime editions command the strongest premiums; combined subjects (autumn foliage with rain, twilight, or temple architecture) approach rain and night scene pricing.
Kegon Falls at Nikko (undated version), depicting Japan's most celebrated waterfall — the Kegon-no-taki, where Lake Chuzenji's outflow plunges 97 meters over a sheer basalt face into the gorge below — in what is likely a summer or autumn composition emphasizing the falls' tremendous volume and the mist rising from the deep pool at its base. Kegon Falls has been one of Japan's most visited natural sites since the Meiji period, its accessibility from Tokyo via the Nikko railway making it a destination for the emerging tourism industry. Hasui's undated treatment focuses on the dramatic vertical drop and the surrounding wooded gorge walls.
1927
Color woodblock print; oban
late 19th century
Color woodblock print
Woodblock print
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Kegon Falls, Nikko (Nikko Kegon-no-taki) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in n.d..
Kegon Falls, Nikko (Nikko Kegon-no-taki) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (n.d.).
Kegon Falls, Nikko (Nikko Kegon-no-taki) depicts waterfalls and rivers & lakes, set at Nikko.
