Landscape and Legend

Katsushika Hokusai

Kirifuri Waterfall at Kurokami Mountain in Shimotsuke

c. 1832

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 37.5 × 26 cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

A waterfall breaks into many streams down a rock face as tiny travelers look up from below.

• From A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces.
• Look at upper right: two more travelers pick their way across the wooded slope.
• Sets of famous sights (meisho) let buyers tour the provinces on paper.

Image: The Met Open Access · Public domain (Met Open Access)