Kegon Waterfall at Nikko
by Kasamatsu Shiro (1898–1991)
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- Type
- Original woodblock print
- First edition
- 1952
- This impression
- Reiwa period (2019 - present)
- Image size
- 36.5 × 24.0 cm
- Publisher
- Unsodo
- Printer
- Ichimura
- Carver
- Nagashima
Description
The Kegon Waterfall at Nikko is one of Japan’s most impressive waterfalls, and one of three located at Nikko. Kasamatsu Shiro follows traditional ukiyo-e artists, such as Hiroshige, who already depicted these waterfalls, but shows it here in a typical Shin-hanga style design. Three figures join the viewer of the print in seeing the waterfall and, having been depicted so small, bring out its impressiveness.