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Woodblock print of yellow and orange houses amongst dramatic cloudy, forested orange-yellow cliff sides and flanked by light blue clouds, a waterfall, and blue-green trees. Three men cross a bridge.

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Ono Falls on the Kisokaidō (木曾海道小野ノ瀑布 Kisokaidō Ono no bakufu)

Description

Maker

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849, b. in Edo, Japan)
Nishimuraya Yohachi 西村屋与八 (1759-1869

Title

Ono Falls on the Kisokaidō (木曾海道小野ノ瀑布 Kisokaidō Ono no bakufu)
from the series A Tour of Waterfalls in the Various Provinces (諸国滝廻り Shokoku taki meguri)

Period

Edo Period

Year

ca. 1831-1832

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and colors

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

Vertical ōban: 37.6 x 25.1 cm (14 13/16 x 9 7/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: 前北斎為一筆

Seals: Publisher's seal | Eijudo;censor's seal | kiwame

Inscription verso, bottom center: EGR95

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1222

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Hokusai and His Followers
May 15, 1987 – Sep 27, 1987

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Tombstone

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849, b. in Edo, Japan)
Nishimuraya Yohachi 西村屋与八 (1759-1869
Edo, Japan), publisher
Ono Falls on the Kisokaidō (木曾海道小野ノ瀑布 Kisokaidō Ono no bakufu); from the series A Tour of Waterfalls in the Various Provinces (諸国滝廻り Shokoku taki meguri), ca. 1831-1832
Polychrome wood block print (nishiki-e)
Vertical ōban: 37.6 x 25.1 cm (14 13/16 x 9 7/8 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke 20.1222

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