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

Celebrated Waterfall
1820–1830
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Gazing at a Waterfall
観瀑図
1790
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo: Hokusai's Waterfalls (Edo zumi hyaku shoku: Hokusai no Taki)
Woodblock print

Graphic Studio Dublin • Ed Miliano: Waterfall
The Fall of Jinzhou
Woodblock print
Ashura-O from Kegon fu
Woodblock print

Nachi Falls
2019
Woodblock on washi paper

Nachi Waterfall
2019
Woodblock

Fall Kegon
1928
Woodblock Print

The Falls
2023
Collage

Nana Shiomi The Sound of Waterfall, Jumper
Woodcut (in the ukiyo-e tradition)

The Sound of Waterfall, Thinker
2015
Woodcut (in the ukiyo-e tradition)

Kegon
1970
Brush Painting

Seeing the Waterfall of Mount Lu
2017
Newspaper, Gesso, Ink Stick, Acrylic Paint, Spray Paint

This is a mokuhanga print of a a frozen waterfall, called Hossawa Falls.
Yûhi Falls at Shiobara (Shiobara Yûhi no taki), from the series Souvenirs of Travel I (Tabi miyage dai isshû)
Woodblock print
Owl with Waterfall
2002
Mezzotint

Margaret White Art - Sanctuary - Waterfall linocut

Ohtsu - Nachi Falls, Seigantoji
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Ohtsu -Nachi Falls,-Seigantoji
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

The Sound of Waterfall Jumper and Thinker
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Shomyo Waterfall
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Waterfall
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

White waterfall
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Nachi Waterfall
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Waterfall
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Waterfall
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Dragonhead waterfall
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Nanushi Waterfall
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Waterfall
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Nunobiki waterfall
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Kegon waterfall, Nikko
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Mt. Fuji reflected in a waterfall
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Mt Fuji reflected in a waterfall
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Ono no Komachi by the Waterfall (Shimizu), from the series The Seven Fashionable Aspects of Komachi (Furyu yatsushi nana Komachi)
Edo period (1615–1868), 1751/64
Color woodblock print; hosoban

Narihira at the Nunobiki Waterfall, from the Episode 87 of Tales of Ise
early 19th century
Color woodblock print; surimono
Waterfall
滝図
1910
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Waterfall
瀧図
circa 1900
Color woodblock print

Backward-viewing Falls, One of the Three Waterfalls (Urami-ga-taki, santaki no sono ikkei), from the series "Famous Scenic Spots in the Mountains of Nikko (Nikkosan meisho no uchi)"
1843–1847
Color woodblock print

"Na": Nunobiki Waterfall, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"
c. 1772/73
Color woodblock print; koban

Willow and Waterfall
1847
Album leaf; ink and color on silk

Waterfall in Spring and Autumn
春秋瀑布図
1893
Color on silk; pair of hanging scrolls

Hermit and Waterfall
高士観瀑図
Taishō–early Shōwa period (c. 1920s–1930s)
Color woodblock print

Kegon Waterfall
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Autumn Maples at Takinogawa River, from the album "The Eternal Waterfall (Tokiwa no taki)"
1833
Color woodblock print; double-page illustration from album

Red Carp Ascending a Waterfall
late 1820s
Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper

The Kegon Waterfall at Nikko
ca. 1848-1850

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)"
c. 1833
Color woodblock print; oban
Waterfall of Flowers: Caring for the Aged in the Quarter (Hana no taki sato no yoro), from the series Comical Dances of the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara niwaka)
Late Edo period, circa 1795
Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Utamaro hitsu"

Amida Falls in the Far Reaches of the Kisokaido (Kisoji no oku Amidagataki), from the series "A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri)"
About 1833
Color woodblock print; ōban

Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Shingen in “A String of Prayer Beads Shaken at a Ribbon of Waterfall”
1775
color woodblock print

Ono Waterfall on the Kiso Road (from the series a Tour of Waterfalls in the Provinces)
early 1830s
color woodblock print

Landscape with waterfall, from an untitled series of chuban prints
c. 1831
Color woodblock print; chuban

Roben Falls at Oyama in Sagami Province (Soshu Oyama Roben no taki), from the series "A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri)"
c. 1833
Color woodblock print; oban

Painting of Peacocks, Pines, a Waterfall, and a Roll of Red Fabric
ca. 1818
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Aoigaoka Falls in the Eastern Capital (Toto Aoigaoka no taki), from the series "A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri)"
About 1833
Color woodblock print; ōban

Yoro Falls in Mino Province (Mino no Yoro no taki), from the series "A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri)"
c. 1833
Color woodblock print; ōban

A Spray from Waterfall
瀧しぶき
1905
Color woodblock print (kuchi-e frontispiece for Bungei Kurabu)
Waterfall in the Cascades
1906
Hanging scroll; ink and colors on silk

Carp in Waterfall Pattern (Taki ni koi), from the book Illustrated Encyclopedia for Women (Joyo kinmo zui)
女用訓蒙図彙・滝に鯉
1687
Woodblock-printed book; ink on paper
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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.




