Waterfall Where Yoshitsune Washed His Horse, Yoshino, Yamato Province
Katsushika HOKUSAI 葛飾北斎
(Japanese, 1760-1849)
Waterfall Where Yoshitsune Washed His Horse, Yoshino, Yamato Province
Dateca. 1831-1832
Mediumcolor woodblock print on paper
Dimensionssheet: 15 x 10 in. (38.1 x 25.4 cm)
ClassificationPRINTS
Credit LineSBMA, Gift of Mary Louise Way in memory of Dr. Roland A. Way
Object number1990.24.3
Subject(s)
- landscape
- waterfall
- animal
- horse
- figure
- inscription
Collection
- Asian
Sub-Collection(s)
- Japanese
- Ukiyo-e
On View
Not on viewCollections
Label TextThe dramatic scene of a gushing waterfall references a legend about the tragic, much-loved general Minamoto Yoshitsune (1159-1189). While fleeing from a political struggle, Yoshitsune stopped to rest and wash his favorite horse beneath a waterfall, somewhere deep in the mountains of the Yoshino region in southern Yamato Province (also called Washu; now Nara Prefecture).
Katsushika HOKUSAI 葛飾北斎
ca. 1829-1833
Kobayashi KIYOCHIKA 小林清親
1878, October 11
KANO School
early 17th century
