Waterfalls Prints (127)
Waterfall scenes (taki) in Japanese woodblock prints. From Hokusai's famous series to modern interpretations, waterfalls are celebrated for the technical challenge of depicting cascading water and for their spiritual associations with purification and natural power.
Artists Known for Waterfalls
Kegon Falls, Nikko (Nikko Kegon-no-taki)
n.d.
Color woodblock print
Kegon Falls, Nikko (Nikko Kegon no taki)
1927
Color woodblock print; oban
Carp Ascending Falls
late 19th century
Color woodblock print
Waterfall
Woodblock print
Yuhi Waterfall at Shiobara (Shiobara Yuhi no taki), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, First Series (Tabi miyage dai isshu)"
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Yukadi Falls , Nikko (Nikko Yukadi)
1941
Color woodblock print
Kegon Waterfalls, Nikko — 華源滝
Woodblock print
Waterfall
1950s
Color woodblock print
# 95 Nanuji Falls at Oji
Woodblock print
Spirit of a Faithful Wife in a Waterfall
1892
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Ino Hayata Hiranao Seizing the Nue Monster as it Falls amid Clouds and Lightning.
Woodblock print
Senju Waterfall, Akame (Akame Senjudaki)
Akame Senjudaki
1951
Color woodblock print
Kegon Waterfall
Woodblock print
Forest Falls
Not set
Woodblock print
Spring Falls
Not set
Woodblock print
Hako-O Maru (Soga Goro as a Boy) near Waterfall, Writing Bonji Characters on a Rock, While Holding up an Statue of the God Fudo with one Hand.
Woodblock print
Roben Waterfall at Mount Oyama (Oyama Roben no taki)
c. 1818/20
Color woodblock prints; oban triptych
Kegon Waterfall - trial print
Woodblock print
Autumn at Fukuroda Falls, Ibaraki Prefecture (Fukuroda-no-taki no aki (Ibaraki ken)
Fukuroda-no-taki no aki (Ibaraki ken
1954
Color woodblock print
Kegon Waterfall - watercolour
Woodblock print
Kegon Waterfall - woodblock
Woodblock print
Kegon-no-taki Fall in Autumn
Not set
Woodblock print
Kegon Waterfall - watercolour
Not set
Woodblock print
Waterfall, Shôwa period, dated 1966
Woodblock print
Three Spring Months- Waterfall Sakura — 三春瀧櫻
1990
Woodblock print
After the Snow Falls
1921
Color woodblock print
Nikko Shirakumo Waterfall — 日光白雲瀧
Woodblock print
Mongaku at Nachi no Taki
Circa 1954
Woodblock print
Ashura-O / Kegon fu (A Record of the Kegon Sutra)
1937
Woodblock print
Fudo Myo-O (Acala) / Kegon-fu (The Aratamsaka-sutra)
1937
Woodblock print
Kegon-fu
1937
Woodblock print
Kegon Kyo
1937
Woodblock print
Joshin (Goddess) / Kegonpu (Record of the Kegon Sutra)
1937
Woodblock print
Manjusri (Monju Bosatsu), from the series "Pantheon of the Gandavyuha Sutra (Kegon-fu)"
1936
Woodblock print
'Night Falls, a Dog Howls Deep in the Mountains, the God of the Hunt Appears', from Ryuri Hanga Saku
1959
Woodblock print
Thunder God (Raijin) from the series "Pantheon of the Gandavyuha Sutra (Kegon-fu)"
1936
Woodblock print
Vairocana (Dainichi Nyorai), from the series Kegon-fu
1937
Woodblock print
Yaksa (Yasha-o), from the series Kegon-fu
1937
Woodblock print
Mt. Uchikongo Falls (banbak-do) Korea
1939
Woodblock print
New Waterfall at Hienoyama
1860s
Preparatory drawing for a print, ink and color on paper
Nachi Waterfall (Nachi no taki), from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô meisho fûkei), also known as the Processional Tôkaidô (Gyôretsu Tôkaidô), here called Tôkaidô meisho no uchi
Woodblock print
Waterfall at Meguro (Meguro no taki), from the series One Hundred Views of the East (Azuma hyakkei no uchi)
Woodblock print
Ono Falls on the Kiso Kaido Road (Kisokaido Ono no bakufu), from the series Tour of the Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku Taki meguri)
Woodblock print
Yoro Waterfall in Mino Province (Mino no kuni Yoro no taki), from the series Tour of the Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku Takimeguri)
Woodblock print
Shimotsuke Kurokamiyama Kirifuri no taki 下野黒髪山きりふりの瀧 / Shokoku Taki-meguri 諸国瀧廻り
Woodblock print
Soshu Oyama Roben no taki 相州大山ろうべんの瀧 / Shokoku Taki-meguri 諸国瀧廻り
Woodblock print
#38. Megurofudo
Woodblock print
Toto Aoi-ga-oka no taki 東都葵ヶ岡の瀧 / Shokoku Taki-meguri 諸国瀧廻り
Woodblock print
Mino-no-kuni Yoro-no-Taki 美濃ノ国養老の瀧 / Shokoku Taki-meguri 諸国瀧廻り
Woodblock print
14. Oji-takinokawa
Woodblock print
Sesshu Nunobiki no taki 摂州布引の滝 / Shokoku Meisho Hyakkei 諸国名所百景
Woodblock print
Kakei (Shotei)
Woodblock print
Kataoka Nizaemon VII and Ichikawa Yaozo III in a Confrontation Beside a Waterfall
c. 1797
color woodblock print
Picture of Mongaku’s Penitence
April 1885
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
The Austerities of Saint Mongaku
1885
Color woodblock print
Hayase
Woodblock print
Mitate No.50 - Watefall (Taki)
2002
Waterfall
Etching on Hahnemuhle 350 gr paper
Waterfall Green
Etching on Hahnemuhle 350 gr paper
Carp ascending waterfall
19th century
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Frequently Asked Questions
Waterfall scenes (taki) in Japanese woodblock prints. From Hokusai's famous series to modern interpretations, waterfalls are celebrated for the technical challenge of depicting cascading water and for their spiritual associations with purification and natural power.
Katsushika Hokusai, Shiko Munakata, and Kawase Hasui are among the artists most associated with waterfalls in our collection. Browse the full list of artists who explored this subject above.
Hanga currently catalogues 127 prints tagged with waterfalls, spanning ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions where applicable.